UK supports "humanitarian pause", not ceasefire: Sunak

The UK supports Israel’s right to self-defence, but it also wants British citizens to be able to evacuate from Gaza and for humanitarian aid to enter the besieged enclave, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says.
“And we recognise that for all of that to happen there has to be a safer environment, which of course necessitates specific pauses as distinct from a ceasefire,” Sunak said in parliament.

A ceasefire would “only serve to benefit Hamas”, his office later explained.