More now from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who says the UK and their French and Canadian allies are “horrified by the escalation from Israel”. Speaking in the House of Commons, he repeats the government’s demand for a ceasefire as the “only way to free the hostages” and says that humanitarian assistance to Gazans must be scaled up.

A total of 107 aid trucks belonging to the United Nations and other aid groups carrying flour, food, medical equipment and pharmaceutical drugs were transferred on Thursday into the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said.