Britain in talks with US as Israel is pressured over Gaza casualties

NEW Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron held talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as America and Britain stepped up pressure on Israel to limit civilian casualties during its invasion of Gaza to crush terror group Hamas.

- Nicholas Cecil 

As Britain and the US were co-ordinating their response to the appalling bloodshed, the Foreign Office said last night: “Foreign Secretary @David_Cameron spoke to @SecBlinken this evening.

“They discussed the conflict in the Middle East, Israel’s right to self defence and the need for humanitarian pauses to allow the safe passage of aid into Gaza.”

Battles between Israeli soldiers and Hamas gunmen around hospitals have forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients and dozens of newborn babies with dwindling supplies and no electricity, said health officials.