# The UK Secretary of State, David Lammy, addressing the UK Parliament, said the threat of starvation is hanging over hundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza. He added that the eleven-week blockade by the Israeli Defence Force stopping humanitarian aid reaching Gaza is “indefensible and cruel”. ” Lammy says the UK is suspending negotiations with the Israeli government on a new free trade agreement and is summoning the Israeli ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, to the Foreign Office.
UK suspends trade talks with Israel and summons ambassador over aid blockade