The United Kingdom to back Palestinian statehood unless Israel agrees to ceasefire and peace path; France to do the same. Israel fumes, Trump shrugs, Gaza starves.

The United Kingdom plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and stop the annexation of the West Bank.

The United Kingdom set a September deadline for Israel to agree to a Gaza ceasefire or face the U.K.'s recognition of a Palestinian state.

Defense official says talks 'frozen,' confirms Israel considering annexation as tool to pressure Hamas; alarmed by conditions in Strip, FMs from UK, France and Germany may visit Israel

Hayya, said on Sunday ceasefire negotiations with Israel were "meaningless under continued blockade and starvation". "The immediate and dignified delivery of food and medicine to our people is the only serious and genuine indication of whether continuing the negotiations is worthwhile,

Hayya, the exiled head of Hamas in Gaza, declared on Sunday that ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Israel hold no meaning while the blockade and widespread starvation in the enclave continue. In a