The UN's humanitarian agency warns only a "trickle" of aid is getting into Gaza - Israel says 800 trucks are inside Gaza waiting for collection.

LONDON (Reuters) -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.

Macron announced on Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. | ITV National News

In a joint statement the countries call for an end to the war and the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

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.

A group of 25 Western countries said Israel must immediately end its war in Gaza and criticized what they called the "inhumane killing" of Palestinians.

Politicians call on government for clarity about arms exports to Israel, noting a surge that followed suspension of licences last September

Britain has no blanket arms embargo against Israel, the U.K. Foreign Secretary told Sky News on Tuesday, a day after he signed a joint letter of 28 countries demanding an end to the war in Gaza.

A long-running right-wing daily paper in the U.K. ran a front-page feature on Israel’s starvation campaign in Gaza this week, staking out a position on the genocide that seemingly outflanks the purportedly left-wing Labour Party as Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to take decisive action to stop Israel’s assault.