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UK PM Starmer hosts Israeli president for tense talks over Gaza and Qatar attack

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11.09.2025

By Andrew MacAskill and William James

LONDON (Reuters) -Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived for talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Wednesday in what is likely to be a tense meeting, with both leaders planning to criticise each other country's recent behaviour.

The meeting comes a day after Israel expanded its attacks on Hamas by launching an airstrike aimed at killing the Islamist group's political leaders in Qatar, a British ally in the Middle East, which Starmer condemned.

Starmer plans to raise with Herzog the Israeli airstrike on Qatar as well as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, his spokesperson said.

The two men briefly shook........

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