Meanwhile the "entire humanitarian system is collapsing" in Gaza with the number of people dying from starvation rising, a UN agency says.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he will recognise Palestinian statehood, drawing angry rebukes from Israel and the United States and opening the door for other major nations to potentially like Britain and Canada to perhaps follow suit.

In a bold diplomatic move, French President Macron has said his country will recognize the state of Palestine. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports as the announcement comes amid growing anger over the conf

Experts say President Emmanuel Macron’s decision could pressure other European countries to follow and may lead Hamas to take a harder line in ceasefire talks.

Britain supports eventual recognition of a Palestinian state, but the immediate priority should be alleviating the suffering in Gaza and securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a British cabinet minister said on Friday.

The prime minister faces cabinet splits over whether to go ahead with Palestinian state recognition immediately

The UK should immediately recognise the state of Palestine, a majority of MPs on the Commons foreign affairs committee have said. It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces fresh calls from within Labour's ranks to make the move,

A Palestinian teenager died on Friday from wounds inflicted by Israeli gunfire during a military raid on a refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus earlier this week, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.