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How significant is Cameron’s call for a ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza?

Israel has also been warned that it must do more to discriminate ‘between terrorists and civilians’, says Kate Devlin

Sunday 17 December 2023 18:59 GMT
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Lord Cameron delivered a stark warning to Israel
Lord Cameron delivered a stark warning to Israel (PA)

Too many civilians have been killed”. That is the stark warning from David Cameron to Israel.

It came amid a significant shift in the UK’s tone on the conflict in Gaza as it called for a lasting “sustainable” ceasefire in the Middle East.

The move is a step beyond the “humanitarian pauses” Rishi Sunak previously advocated. But it stops short of a demand Israel immediately halt the fighting.

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