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Britain calls UN meeting on Gaza, may sanction ministers

Britain and France have called an immediate conference at the United Nations Security Council to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Britain is thinking about sanctioning two Israeli ministers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated on Wednesday.

Reuters reported previously this month that food supplies to Gaza had fallen greatly in current weeks after Israeli authorities introduced a new customs guideline, and the United States stated the humanitarian situation needs to improve or Israel might face potential restrictions on U.S. military help.

We are constantly making representations on this with our partners, Starmer told parliament, when asked about the scenario. There is an urgent need, and has actually been now for a very very long time, for more aid to enter into Gaza.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in a declaration Israel must ensure civilians were secured and paths were open to permit life-saving help through, which the United Nations meeting would address these issues. He said Algeria had likewise joined the call for the urgent conference.

Starmer likewise stated that Britain was looking at approving Israeli financing minister Bezalel Smotrich and nationwide security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over remarks they had made about the conflict.

Previous foreign secretary David Cameron was

likewise supposedly looking

at sanctioning the set before the then-governing Conservative Party lost an election in June.

Asked if his federal government would sanction Smotrich over comments that starving civilians in Gaza may be warranted and Ben-Gvir for saying wrongdoers of inhabitant violence in the West Bank were heroes, Starmer stated: We are taking a look at that due to the fact that they're clearly abhorrent remarks.

Israel must take all possible steps to prevent civilian casualties, to permit help into Gaza in much higher volumes and offer the UN humanitarian partners the capability to run effectively, Starmer stated.

Together with France, the UK will assemble an immediate conference of the UN Security Council to resolve this.

(source: Reuters)