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 U.N.-backed food security group says famine is unfolding in Gaza, with thousands of children malnourished and hunger-related deaths rising.

There are 50 hostages remaining in captivity in Gaza, including 20 who are believed to be alive and 30 presumed dead. Qatari and Egyptian mediators are continuing to look for a way forward, and Trump’s envoy STEVE WITKOFF is meeting senior Israeli officials RON DERMER and TZACHI HANEGBI in Washington later this week to discuss the road ahead.

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

Hayya, said on Sunday ceasefire negotiations with Israel were "meaningless under continued blockade and starvation". "The immediate and dignified delivery of food and medicine to our people is the only serious and genuine indication of whether continuing the negotiations is worthwhile,

"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.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to annex territories in Gaza, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

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