Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleUK PM Keir Starmer stresses the worsening situation in Gaza, calling for urgent humanitarian aid. The UK collaborates with allies to expedite aid delivery.
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that the situation in Gaza was getting "worse by the day" and that it was important to ensure the Palestinian enclave receives more humanitarian aid urgently.
"The situation is intolerable in Gaza, and getting worse by the day," Starmer told reporters in Scotland, when asked whether the UK would take any action over the issue.
"Which is why we are working with allies ... to be absolutely clear that humanitarian aid needs to get in at speed and at volumes that it is not getting in at the moment, causing absolute devastation," he added.
(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti, Writing by Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kate Holton)
PM Starmer stated that the situation in Gaza is getting 'worse by the day' and described it as intolerable.
Starmer mentioned that the UK is working with allies to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza quickly and in sufficient volumes.
Starmer made his statements to reporters in Scotland when asked about the UK's response to the situation in Gaza.
Explore more articles in the Headlines category
