One of the new winners of the Nobel Peace Prize used his acceptance speech to warn against Israel using nuclear weapons in Gaza.

Toshiyuki Mimaki, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, picked up the award on behalf of his organisation, Nihon Hidankyo, which has been campaigning to eradicate nuclear weapons ever since.

During his speech on Friday he warned “nuclear weapons can be used by terrorists”.

“For example, if Russia uses them against Ukraine, Israel against Gaza, it won’t end there. Politicians should know these things,” he added.

The Norwegian Nobel committee said it awarded the 2024 Prize to Nihon Hidankyo for its “efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”.

At the press conference, Mr Mimaki went on to compare the plight of Gazan children to Japanese children at the end of the Second World War. “In Gaza, children in blood are being held. It’s like in Japan 80 years ago,” he said.