Israel is "wrong" to approve plans to occupy Gaza City, Sir Keir Starmer has said, and urged it to reconsider the new offensive or it will "bring more bloodshed".The Prime Minister's intervention comes after his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu met with his war cabinet and approved plans for a major escalation in the conflict early on Friday.The Israeli plan stops short of fully taking over all of Gaza, as had been touted ahead of the war cabinet meeting.But the Prime Minister insisted Isr

Israel is "wrong" to approve plans to occupy Gaza City, Sir Keir Starmer has said, and urged it to reconsider the new offensive or it will "bring more bloodshed".The Prime Minister's intervention comes after his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu met with his war cabinet and approved plans for a major escalation in the conflict early on Friday.The Israeli plan stops short of fully taking over all of Gaza, as had been touted ahead of the war cabinet meeting.But the Prime Minister insisted Israel should de-escalate, rather than launch the operation.