Gaza latest: Starmer recalls cabinet to decide on Palestine recognition as Trump calls out ‘real starvation’
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene an emergency cabinet meeting later to discuss a peace plan and aid for Gaza, as pressure mounts on him to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Humanitarian groups warned this week is critical to prevent mass starvation in Gaza, saying Israel’s aid supplies fall short.
“In the coming days, thousands of Gaza’s children will either be rescued or allowed to die,” the president of the International Rescue Committee said.
It comes after Donald Trump acknowledged “real starvation” in Gaza and pledged the US would set up food centres “with no fences”.
He dismissed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there was no starvation in Gaza and urged him to ensure aid reaches Palestinians.
Local health officials confirmed at least 14 more Palestinians, including two children, had died from hunger and malnutrition, bring the toll from starvation and malnutrition to 147, including 88 children.
Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have labelled the war on Gaza, which has killed over 59,000 people so far, as “genocide”.
Israeli forces continued their deadly attacks across the territory on Monday, killing at least 78 people, according to local health officials.
