“In 2012 I visited Gaza as part of a Derry delegation and saw up close the conditions people have to live in there and it was shocking. It’s a daily battle for survival.

“The continual onslaught of the Palestinian people in Gaza is simply unacceptable and has to end now.”

Mr McCrossan added: “It’s important that people in Derry and across the world show their revulsion at what is going on there.”