Britain appears to have finally lost patience with and is stepping up its action against Israel.

Speaking to MPs, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy sounded genuinely angry about Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The UK has paused trade talks and imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers as European and other world leaders mount pressure on Israel to end its military offensive in Gaza.

Along with the UK, French and Canadian leaders have “strongly opposed” the expansion of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, threatening to “take concrete actions” if Israel does not cease its onslaught and lift restrictions on aid supply to the Palestinian enclave.

Even US President Donald Trump, who has already cut ties with Netanyahu, has warned that ‘people in Gaza are starving’.

BBC reports: Sir Keir said the level of suffering in Gaza, especially among innocent children, was “intolerable”.

Israel’s decision to allow in a small amount of aid was, he said, “utterly inadequate”.

The prime minister added he was “horrified” by Israel’s decision to escalate its military campaign.

Lammy employed similar language, saying the situation in Gaza was “abominable”.

He condemned as “monstrous” the suggestion by Israel’s hardline finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, that Gaza should be cleansed of its civilian population.

Israel’s actions, Lammy said, were isolating Israel from friends and partners around the world and “damaging the image of the State of Israel in the eyes of the world”.

Nor is Britain alone in expressions of outrage or threats of concrete action.

The EU says it’s reviewing its association agreement with Israel, which governs its political and economic relationship.

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said a “strong majority” of members favoured looking again at the 25-year-old agreement.

On Monday night, Britain joined France and Canada in signing a strongly worded joint statement, condemning Israel’s military action and warning of “further concrete actions” if the humanitarian situation in Gaza did not approve.

Another statement followed, signed by 27 donor countries including the UK, condemning a new Gaza aid delivery model being promoted by Israel.

The model aims to replace existing humanitarian agencies, including the UN, with civilian contractors, backed by the Israeli military.

The UN and its donors say the new model is poorly conceived and politically motivated, incapable of replacing the decades-long tried and tested international humanitarian ecosystem in Gaza.

A representative of one of the aid agencies operating in Gaza told me the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scheme was “totally premature,” adding that Israel had never provided evidence to back up its assertion that Hamas was responsible for the widespread diversion of aid.

One western diplomat, quoted in Israel’s liberal Haaretz newspaper, described the new model as a “crazy plan and absolute madness”.

During a passionate debate in the House of Commons, Lammy clashed with his Conservative opposite number, Dame Priti Patel, who suggested Hamas was benefitting from international criticism of Israel.

Lammy accused her of refusing to confront the reality of what was happening in Gaza.