Foreign Secretary David Lammy is in Israel in with his French counterpart to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.
In the first joint UK-France visit in more than 10 years, the pair met with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz and Minister of Strategic Affairs of Israel Ron Dermer. They will also visit the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
It comes as a fresh round of ceasefire talks have begun in Doha, with negotiators from the US, Qatar and Egypt meeting an Israeli delegation.
There are fears of an all-out regional war involving Iran following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month.
Western countries have been urging Iran to refrain from retaliating against Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the assassination. The Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon is also threatening to retaliate over Israel’s killing of one of its top commanders in an air strike in Beirut.
Source: BBC
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