UK working to get aid dropped into Gaza, Starmer says

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK is working with Jordan on plans to drop aid into Gaza by air, after more than a third of MPs signed a letter calling on the government to recognise a Palestinian state.

The BBC understands a small team of British military planners and logisticians is being made available to help Jordan with getting aid into the territory.

On Friday, Israel said it would allow foreign countries to deliver air supplies in the coming days amid mounting international concern about humanitarian conditions in the territory.

Sir Keir also said the UK was “urgently accelerating efforts” to evacuate children who need critical medical assistance to the UK for treatment.

“News that Israel will allow countries to airdrop aid into Gaza has come far too…