A group of 30 British churchgoers are sheltering from bombs at a hotel in Jerusalem after fleeing from Bethlehem in the West Bank on Saturday.
The group, which includes children as young as six, had travelled on October 1 to visit holy sites.
Father Nenad Popovic, 44, a priest at the church who organised the trip, said there are elderly members who are in need of medication.
“We can hear horns here and a lot of detonations, bombs sometimes,” Mr Popovic, of the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Prince Lazar in Birmingham, told PA.
“We are here with 40 people, 25 to 30 of whom are British citizens. We have children here, we have old people that need (medication) because we didn’t plan to stay in Israel.”
Ljiljana Stojsavljevic, 54, said that the group had heard “absolutely nothing” from the UK Government in “over 24 hours”.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson said: “We don’t comment on individual consular cases. However, we can confirm we are in contact with – and assisting – the families of several individuals in Israel and the OPTs.
“The safety of all British nationals continues to be our utmost priority and we urge everyone to continue to follow our travel advice, which is updated regularly.”
