HEALTH workers in 17 towns and cities across Britain staged silent vigils last night for their counterparts in Gaza killed by Israel’s relentless bombardment.

Doctors, nurses, consultants and other NHS staff wearing their hospital uniforms lit candles in memory of almost 280 Gaza hospital staff killed in the bombing as the wider death toll of Palestinians passed 20,000.

The vigils took place as plans were announced to mobilise millions of people for a repeat in January of the huge protests which took place in Britain and worldwide after Israel launched its murderous war on the people of Gaza in October.