'If Iran attacks, we expect the coalition to join Israel not only in defence but also in attacking significant targets in Iran,' Foreign Minister Israel Katz told his French and UK counterparts today
It comes as international mediators are fighting to secure a Gaza cease-fire dealJerusalem has told French and British government ministers it expects support in attacking Iran should the Islamic Republic launch a retaliatory strike on Israel after former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran last month.
Meanwhile, international diplomacy to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading into a wider regional conflict intensified. Overcrowding of displaced Palestinians in areas declared unsafe by the Israeli occupation after being classified as humanitarian areas in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip 16 August 2024
Britain, alongside the likes of the US and France, is one of Israel's foremost allies on the international stage and has supplied Jerusalem with a steady flow of arms, as well as diplomatic support, since the October 7 attacks. International mediators believe the best hope for calming tensions in the Middle East would be a deal between Israel and Hamas to halt the fighting and secure the release of Israeli hostages.
'As we head now to 315 days of war, the time for a deal for those hostages to be returned, for aid to get in in the quantities that are necessary in Gaza and for the fighting to stop is now,' Lammy said. Palestinians prepare graves in a cemetery as death toll surpasses 40,000, according to health ministry, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan YounisMen carry the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Mohamad Bader el Dine who was killed in an Israeli drone strike on his car on August 14, in the Christian village of Marjayoun during his funeral on August 15, 2024 in Harouf, Lebanon
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