Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that the U.K. will recognise Palestine as a state in the United Nations meeting in September, unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza and a path toward a permanent,

A growing numbers of lawmakers in Starmer's Labour Party have asking him to recognize a Palestinian state to put pressure on Israel.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump's administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Israel would have until September to agree to a cease-fire and take steps toward long-term peace.

"In August and September, there are probably still going to be ... large numbers of deaths because children have already passed the tipping point," Mark Brauner, who volunteered in Gaza last month, told HuffPost.

Over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday.

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