PM said to be horrified by the crisis and hopes to convince US president to help end the ‘unspeakable suffering’
Keir Starmer will personally press Donald Trump to resume ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas when they meet on Monday amid growing international alarm over the starvation crisis in Gaza.
The prime minister is expected to ask the US president, who is on a four-day break at his two golf courses in Scotland, to revive the peace talks after the US and Israel withdrew their negotiation teams from Qatar.
Downing Street said he was determined to work with Trump to help bring an end to the “unspeakable suffering” in Gaza, an acknowledgment that the US is the international power with the most influence over Israel.
It comes after the US and Israel withdrew their negotiating teams from the latest round of peace talks in Qatar last week, with Trump saying Hamas “didn’t really want to make a deal” on a new ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
