The IDF reported that the operation was part of a series of over 50 counterterrorism operations in the area since the beginning of the war.
Lammy also spoke about the Labour government’s opposition to Israeli West Bank settlement activity and its commitment to a reformed Palestinian Authority.
USAID is providing an additional $100 million in humanitarian food assistance to Gaza and the West Bank to support the World Food Program, addressing severe food insecurity.
“Israel’s settlement program is inconsistent with international law and counterproductive to the cause of peace,” said the foreign ministers from the seven countries.
If the Palestinian Authority can’t even control the West Bank, how will its troops fare in Gaza?
It was not clear whether other Mercosur members would follow Brazil's lead.
Mahmoud Al-Habbash, an advisor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, stressed that Palestinians did not want October 7 and it was time Hamas committed to a ceasefire.