Sir Keir Starmer has called for parties in the Middle East to 'pull back from the brink' and for a ceasefire in Gaza amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged rocket fire and air strikes throughout Monday and Tuesday. Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to chair a Cobra meeting on Tuesday amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Lebanese health minister Firass Abiad told reporters on Tuesday that 1,835 people have been wounded in Israeli air strikes since the start of the week, and Lebanon's Health Ministry said the death toll had reached 558 during that period, including 50 children and 94 women.