{"id":116150,"date":"2025-05-20T04:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116150\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T04:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:32:32","slug":"britain-canada-france-warn-israel-of-sanctions-over-renewed-fighting-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116150\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain, Canada, France warn Israel of sanctions over renewed fighting in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 19 (UPI) — Britain, Canada and France on Monday warned Israel that they will pursue “concrete actions” if it does not end renewed military operations in Gaza<\/a> and lift restrictions on humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

“We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza,” the leaders of the three allied nations said Monday in a strongly worded statement<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

“If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.”<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> of Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza late last week, which he followed with ending an 11-week blockade of aid into the Palestinian enclave.\n<\/p>\n

On Monday, in response to criticism from Israel’s far right over the resumption of aid to Gaza, he announced<\/a> plans to seize “full control of the entire Strip.”<\/p>\n

London, Ottawa and Paris chastised Israel over its ground offensive in Gaza while describing the resumption of aid into Gaza as “wholly inadequate.”<\/p>\n

“We will not stand by while the Netanyahu government pursues these egregious actions,” they said.<\/p>\n

The countries added that they oppose “any attempt” to expand illegal settlements in the Israel-occupied West Bank.\n<\/p>\n

“We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions,” they said.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu responded by accusing the three nations of “offering a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on October 7, while inviting more such atrocities.”<\/p>\n

“This is a war of civilization over barbarism,” he said in a statement<\/a> on X. “Israel will continue to defend itself by just means until total victory is achieved. “<\/p>\n

The current war in the decades-long conflict between Israel and Hamas began Oct. 7, when the militant group launched a bloody surprise attack on the Middle Eastern country, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others, of whom 54 are still missing.<\/p>\n

Israel has responded with a pounding offensive that has devastated Gaza and killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza ministry of health.<\/p>\n

Britain, Canada and France on Monday reiterated their support of Israel’s right to self-defense, but said “this escalation is wholly disproportionate.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 19 (UPI) — Britain, Canada and France on Monday warned Israel that they will pursue “concrete actions”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[6505,748,393,2194,4884,1144,712,2582,16,15,1764,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-116150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-gaza","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-northern-ireland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-top-news","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-wales","21":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114538292468706362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}