The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany plan to hold an emergency call Friday about the hunger crisis in Gaza.

Israel rejects a joint statement which condemns the "drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians".

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would hold an emergency call with France and Germany over the situation in Gaza, which he described as an "unspeakable and indefensible" humanitarian catastrophe.

A joint statement by 28 countries including Britain, Japan and Canada is calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. They say that the 21-month war “must end now."

The Isle of Man has added its voice to mounting calls from the UK and United Nations for humanitarian intervention in Gaza. The Chief Minister Alfred Cannan wrote to Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood following discussions with the Council of Ministers.

Britain's immediate priority is alleviating suffering in Gaza and securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a cabinet minister said on Friday, even as Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes under growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state.

The UK is committed to recognising a Palestinian state "at a time most conducive to the prospects of peace" in the region, Starmer told the Commons Liaison Committee this week. Later this month, France with co-chair an international conference at the United Nations in New York where it plans to announce that it recognises Palestine.

We are deeply committed to recognition of Palestine as state, that was part of our manifesto, but obviously we want that to be meaningful,' says Jonathan Reynolds - Anadolu Ajansı