Rishi Sunak condemns ‘horrific act of terrorism’ as he arrives in Tel Aviv

A British-Israeli man, Yonatan Rapoport, has been confirmed dead after being killed by Hamas militants, the BBC reports.

An Israeli strike killed the head of the Hamas-led national security forces, Jehad Mheisen, Hamas affiliated media has said.

His family were also killed in the strike on their house, it said.

One of Taylor Swift’s bodyguards for her Eras tour has returned home to join the Israeli military, the country’s foreign ministry has said.

Rishi Sunak has met with Benjamin Netanyahu after touching down in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning.

The Prime Minister is set to travel to a host of capitals across the region as part of his two-day trip.

More from Rishi Sunak following his meeting Isaac Herzog.

Speaking to the Israeli President, Mr Sunak said: “Palestinians are victims of what Hamas has done and it’s important that we continue to provide humanitarian access.”

Humza Yousaf’s brother-in-law has refused to leave his post as a doctor in Gaza because people “need me”.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Scotland’s First Minister shared a video of bloodied children being treated by medical personnel.

He wrote: “My brother-in-law, a doctor in Gaza, is spending his seventh consecutive day in hospital. Nadia spoke to him & said he should go home to rest, his response: ‘I can’t leave my people when they need me’.

“Health workers in Gaza are heroes.”

Israeli airstrikes continued on Gaza overnight with pictures showing Palestinians desperately searching the through rubble to find any survivors.

Rishi Sunak met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog where the pair stressed the need to avoid further escalation of violence.

“The Prime Minister and President Herzog stressed the imperative need to avoid further escalation of violence in the region.

“They agreed to continue working together to that end,” No10 said in a statement.

Mr Sunak also expressed the need for further progress on delivering food, water and medicine to Gaza.

“We are at the frontier of a certain class of civilisation,” Mr Herzog said.

“We are seeing an ISIS on our border, entering in our country. It is an empire of evil that we know is led by terror.”

Israel’s foreign ministry has confirmed that two people kidnapped by Hamas militant have been found dead.

Carmela Dan, 80, and her 12-year-old granddaughter Noya Dan were taken prisoner in Kibbutz Nir OzIn a message on X, the ministry said: “We are devastated to announce that Noya and her grandmother Carmela’s bodies were discovered yesterday.

“Thank you to all of you who shared her story to help us bring her home. Our hearts are broken.”

James Cleverly met with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, on Thursday morning.

The pair discussed international efforts to de-escalate the conflict and to deliver aid to Gaza, a spokesperson for the Egyptian foreign ministry said.