Britain’s Labour Party government is quietly separating parts of its diplomacy, along with trade and security policies, from the Trump administration.

Sen. John Fetterman, (D-PA) talks with reporters after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Britain, France and Canada called the Israeli plans for escalation “disproportionate” and “egregious” at a time when the U.N. is warning the population is at risk of famine.

The US has been talking with Hamas through an American intermediary in Doha this week in hopes of brokering an Israel-Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter, as US officials say President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Israel’s handling of the conflict.

Israel's military operation in Gaza is focused on dismantling Hamas’ military capabilities, said Kobbi Shoshani, Consul General of Israel to Midwest India, in an interview with CNBC-TV18. He reiterated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position that disarmament is essential to ending the ongoing conflict.

Three days after Israel said it would relax its blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, little, if any, of the urgently needed food, fuel and medicine appeared to have reached Palestinians.