Keir Starmer has been encouraged to speak to Trump over fears Israel is going to reoccupy Gaza.

Keir Starmer has been urged to “pick up the phone” and speak to Donald Trump amid growing concerns that Israel is going to reoccupy Gaza.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a war cabinet meeting on Thursday, and there are reports that he is considering ordering the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to expand its military offensive.

Israel would then control the whole of the Palestinian strip – something it has not done since 2005.

But Trump, Israel’s most powerful ally, shrugged off worries about any such moves,

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