The UK government is considering sanctioning Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over their 'abhorrent' comments about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. Former foreign secretary Lord Cameron revealed he had been working on a plan to sanction the ministers over their support for blocking aid from entering Gaza and expanding illegal settlements. The UK has announced a fresh wave of sanctions in response to violence by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank. The UK has called an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council as the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza deteriorates.