Its latest statement came after it initially claimed unmarked vehicles were fired on in the dark. A video recovered from the mobile phone of one of those killed later emerged showing clearly marked ambulances and fire engines seemingly contradicting that claim.
Sarah Champion, chair of the U.K. parliament’s International Development Committee, told Starmer humanitarian workers felt Israel was not being held to account, and questioned if the United Kingdom would be pushing for an inquiry into the 15 humanitarian workers killed.
After backing an investigation, Starmer added: “We have to be absolutely clear that we’re not just talking about that isolated incident. There hasn’t been enough aid getting into Gaza at speed and at pace for a very long time.”
The International Criminal Court in November issued an arrest warrant for Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu for allegedly using “starvation as a method of warfare,” as well as other war crimes.
The prime minister also said the U.K. needed to “put our foot in the door for a process” toward a two-state solution for Israel and for Palestinians even though it seemed “remote” today.
Starmer has trod an uncomfortable line on the Israel-Palestine conflict. He upset Netanyahu and some Israel supporters by halting some arms sales to Israel, but is also maligned by the pro-Palestinian movement over the support the British military provides to Israel and arms it continues to export to the nation.