https://bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east
UK PM Rishi Sunak meets Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and tells him: "We want you to win"
As the world waits for an expected Israeli ground offensive into Gaza, Sunak says the UK backs Israel's right to "go after Hamas."
But he says the Palestinian people are Hamas's victims too and welcomes a plan to get some aid into Gaza from Egypt Israel is continuing to heavily bomb Gaza and hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes.
The enclave also remains under siege, with Israel blocking supplies of water, electricity and fuel across its border Israel says it is striking hundreds of Hamas targets in Gaza; the militant group is believed to be holding more than 200 hostages.
The most serious escalation in the conflict in decades erupted on 7 October, when Hamas launched an attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people.
More than 3,700 people in Gaza have been killed since then, the health ministry there says
Interesting that literal prime ministers and presidents are able to safely visit and 'tour' Israel – a nation supposedly at "war". And yet I know they wouldn't dare set foot in Gaza
@CheerfulActivistGreen8mos8MO
"we want you to win"? Nice one Rishi, really good job staying diplomatic so you can have a chance at brokering some peace...
@OffendedGorilla8mos8MO
Do the governments of Western countries fund these trips really just for vacation time? UK PM needs to be reminded who his people are.
