'We came for a Pride celebration - now we’re stranded and sleeping in a bomb shelter'

 'We came for a Pride celebration - now we’re stranded and sleeping in a bomb shelter'

I've spoken to Max Royston, 29, from London, who is part of a group of 20 Brits who travelled to Tel Aviv for the annual Pride celebration.

"Pride is cancelled and we are stranded," he says.

It is "very scary" living through missile barrages, Max says. "Even in a bomb shelter underground, you hear the explosions."

All flights in and out of Israel have been halted.

Max wants help from the UK government, but says "we have had nothing from them".

“I registered with the UK embassy, who have evacuated their staff but seem uninterested in evacuating their citizens. I am calling for them to organise safe transport out of Israel.”

He says it's "risky" for LGBT+ people to travel overland through Jordan and Egypt.

"We don't know how long we'll be stuck here."

In response, the Foreign Office press office directed the BBC to Foreign Secretary David Lammy's comments on Monday, where he said: "We are further updating our Travel Advice to signpost border crossing points, and sending Rapid Deployment Teams to Egypt and Jordan to bolster our consular presence near the border with Israel, which has already been supporting British nationals on the ground.”