Britain will warn Israel tomorrow that its patience is running out because of the "terrible suffering" in the Gaza Strip, where the lack of humanitarian aid is leading to people starving to death, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said, quoted by Reuters.

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Cameron, who will meet Israel's wartime cabinet minister Benny Gantz tomorrow, told parliament yesterday that Israel's actions as an occupying power in aid to Gaza raised questions about compliance with international law.

"We are facing terrible suffering in the Gaza Strip," Cameron told the House of Lords (upper house) of the British Parliament.

"A few weeks ago, I spoke about the danger of this turning into mass starvation, as well as the danger of mass diseases. And now we are at this moment," he added, quoted by BTA.

"People are dying of hunger, dying of diseases that could otherwise be prevented," said the British diplomat.

Britain, like the United States, initially supported Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip in response to an October 7 attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages, Reuters noted.

In recent weeks, however, Cameron has stepped up calls for a ceasefire amid figures from Palestinian health authorities that said around 30,000 Palestinians have died since the conflict began, as well as warnings from the United Nations that many people in the coastal territory are on the brink of starvation.

Cameron said the aid that was given to Gaza in February was half of what it had been in January.

"Patience must wear thin and a series of warnings must be issued, hopefully starting with the meeting I will have with Minister Gantz when he visits the UK tomorrow," he added.

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Gantz, a political rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, heard the same message Monday when he met with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington.

She said Israel must develop a "credible" humanitarian plan for the Gaza Strip, warning earlier that conditions in the Palestinian enclave were "inhumane".

The United Nations, as well as a number of international aid agencies, have accused Israel of blocking or restricting aid to Gaza, a charge Israel denies, Reuters noted.

The British Foreign Secretary specified that too many goods, which were supposed to be sent to the population of Gaza, were rejected from being sent because "they were assumed to be dual-use goods".

For its part, Israel said it was committed to improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that there were no restrictions on aid to the civilian population.

He blamed the UN for all supply problems, saying limits on the amount and pace of aid depended on the capacity of the UN and other agencies.

At least 30,717 Palestinians have been killed and 72,516 injured since October 7 during Israel's military offensive in Gaza, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said in a statement today.

About 86 Palestinians have been killed and 113 wounded in the past 24 hours, the department added.

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