The British Government has urged leaders in both Israel and Palestine to "step back from the brink" as violence intensified in the region. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab spoke to his Israeli counterpart yesterday, and was speaking to the Israeli Palestinian PM today, to ask him them to help de-escalate the situation amid warnings it was escalating hurtling towards full-scale war. The Prime Minister called for restraint and said the UK is alarmed at the mounting toll of civilian casualties. The UK is deeply concerned by the growing violence and civilian casualties and we want to see an urgent de-escalation of tensions." He told MPs that the UK "unequivocally condemns" Hamas and other terrorist groups firing rockets into Israel.

Source: Daily Mirror May 12, 2021 12:03 UTC