Gaza latest: Canada joins UK and France in plan to recognise Palestinian state while starvation deaths rise
Canada has joined the UK and France in their plans to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN, becoming the third G7 nation to ratchet up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said Canada condemns the fact that “Israeli government has allowed a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza” and the planned move was predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to reforms.
It comes just days after prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel took steps to end the war in Gaza.
Israel and the US, both, have rejected Canada’s move, calling it a “reward for Hamas”.
US president Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to head to Israel within the coming hours for talks after ceasefire negotiations with Hamas appeared to have stalled last week.
Seven more people died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
A UN-backed global food security agency said there was evidence of “widespread starvation” in Gaza that has reached “an alarming and deadly turning point”.
