Keir Starmer hit back at Israel's major escalation plan in the devastating conflict as 'wrong' and urged the Israeli government to 'reconsider immediately' in a statement

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said “this further escalation will result in more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction."

The U.N. human rights chief is among several global leaders condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for the military to take over Gaza City and expand its control of the territory.