David Lammy calls for immediate ceasefire during Israel visit

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David Lammy calls for immediate ceasefire during ******* visit

David Lammy has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during his first visit to ******* and the ************ Territories as foreign secretary.

“I’m here to push for a ceasefire,” he said. “The loss of life over the last few months… is horrendous. It has to stop.”

Mr Lammy also urged the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an increase in the flow of aid to the territory.

The newly elected minister held talks with ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ************ Authority PM Mohammad Mustafa on Sunday.

He is later due to meet ******** President Isaac Herzog and families of some hostages with ties to the ***.

“It’s important that, whilst we are in a war, that war is conducted according to international humanitarian law,” Mr Lammy said.

“Of course I will be pressing ******** leaders on that subject over the coming days.”

The foreign secretary also expressed frustration over a lack of British aid trucks entering Gaza “after months and months of asking”, echoing long-running complaints from aid agencies about deliveries being blocked or delayed by complex inspections imposed by the ******** military.

He said the humanitarian situation in Gaza was “appalling” and that the *** would be providing an additional £5.5m to medical charity ***-Med to fund its work in the territory.

The Labour Party has recently faced a backlash from some ******* voters over its response to the conflict, which many consider insufficiently critical of *******.

The new government now faces decisions on several key issues, including whether to limit or stop weapons sales to ******* over the loss of civilian life.

Asked about the sales, Mr Lammy said he would “look at the assessment and the legal considerations”.

“That process has begun and I hope to report to Parliament as soon as I possibly can,” he added.

He also said he would make a statement about the future of *** funding to the UNRWA – the UN’s main agency providing aid in Gaza – in the coming days.

The *** was among more than a dozen countries that

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in January over allegations that several staff members were involved in the 7 October *******, and is one of only a few that are yet to restore it.

Labour has also pledged to recognise the ************ state, though has not yet said when it will do so.

******* launched its operation in Gaza following last October’s ****** *******, which saw around 1,200 people ******* and 251 taken ********.

Mr Netanyahu has said ******* will continue its war until all the hostages have been released and ****** has been destroyed.

At least 38,584 people have been ******* in Gaza during *******’s offensive, according to the ******-run health ministry. A UN-backed assessment

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there was a “high risk” of famine in the territory, with almost half a million people facing “catastrophic levels” of hunger.

The ministry also said at least

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in ******** strikes since Saturday. ******* said one of those strikes, which hit a humanitarian zone, was targeting a senior ****** leader.

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