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Starmer suggests UK to help with aid air drops in Gaza

Hate campaign 2025-07-26, 2:57pm




• The United Nations' food programme says one in three people in Gaza are going for days without eating

• The World Food Programme (WFP) warns "malnutrition is surging", adding that 90,000 women and children are now in "urgent need of treatment"

• Warnings of starvation in Gaza have intensified over the past week, with humanitarian organisations calling on Israel to allow more aid in

• Israel says there are no restrictions and that it will allow foreign countries to air drop aid into Gaza in the coming days - BBC Verify looks at how this has gone wrong in the past

• Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggests the UK will play a role in dropping aid into Gaza by air as he faces growing pressure to recognise a Palestinian state

• International news outlets rely on local reporters within Gaza, as Israel does not allow foreign media, including BBC News, to send journalists into the territory- BBC Summary