{"id":158837,"date":"2025-07-30T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/gaza-latest-shame-on-you-freed-british-israeli-hostage-condemns-starmer-over-palestine-ultimatum-sky-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:16:58","slug":"gaza-latest-shame-on-you-freed-british-israeli-hostage-condemns-starmer-over-palestine-ultimatum-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/gaza-latest-shame-on-you-freed-british-israeli-hostage-condemns-starmer-over-palestine-ultimatum-sky-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza latest: 'Shame on you' – freed British-Israeli hostage condemns Starmer over Palestine ultimatum – Sky News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Damari, a British-Israeli woman held hostage by Hamas for 15 months, has criticised Sir Keir Starmer after he said the UK would recognise Palestinian statehood by September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza. Follow the latest.
Wednesday 30 July 2025 12:12, UK
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A former British-Israeli hostage has accused Sir Keir Starmer of a “moral failure” with his decision to recognise a Palestinian state if Israel meets certain conditions.
Emily Damari, who was released from captivity in January after being held by Hamas for more than 15 months, said in a post on Instagram: “Prime Minister Starmer is not standing on the right side of history. Had he been in power during World War II, would he have advocated recognition for Nazi control of occupied countries like Holland, France or Poland?
“This is not diplomacy – it is a moral failure. Shame on you, prime minister.”
She went on to say that the PM’s decision “does not advance peace – it risks rewarding terror” and “sends a dangerous message: that violence earns legitimacy”.
Damari added: “By legitimising a state entity while Hamas still controls Gaza and continues its campaign of terror, the prime minister is not promoting a solution; he is prolonging the conflict.
“Recognition under these conditions emboldens extremists and undermines any hope for genuine peace. Shame on you.!!!”
Data shared exclusively with Sky News by Gaza’s health ministry allows us, for the first time, to show the date of every death since the war began.
Across almost two years of war, 17 days stand out as the deadliest \u2013 those when more than 450 people died.
Women and children made up a much higher share of deaths on these days than on others.
Looking further into the data, we found out why \u2013 a pattern of strikes on family homes.
Almost half of all people killed on these days (44%) died alongside a family member, compared with less than a third (30%) on other days.
Strikes on families reached their peak on 18 March, accounting for almost two-thirds of all deaths.
The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas, but most of those killed were women and children.
In order to understand how those strikes led to so many civilian casualties, Sky News analysed all 465 deaths recorded that day by Gaza’s health ministry. 
Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Gaza.
We’ll bring you the latest updates throughout the day, but here’s what you need to know now:
Follow along for the latest.
Thanks for joining us. We’ll be back tomorrow with all the latest updates.
Before then, here’s a rundown of what’s happened during the last 24 hours:
‘Famine thresholds’ met in parts of Gaza: <\/b>A UN-backed food security body warned today that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza”.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is an initiative combining charities, governments, UN agencies and NGOs to determine the severity of food insecurity worldwide.
It warned that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” were driving deaths in Gaza, but stopped short of a formal famine declaration.
UK to recognise Palestinian statehood: <\/b>Elsewhere, Sir Keir Starmer announced the UK will officially recognise Palestine statehood in September unless Israel meets several conditions.
Those include taking “substantive efforts” to end the “appalling situation in Gaza” and to commit to a long-term peace process that delivers a two-state solution, something Benjamin Netanyahu has long rejected.
Reacting to the news, the Israeli leader said Sir Keir’s decision “rewards Hamas’s monstrous terrorism” and “punishes its victims”.
Aid drops continue into Gaza: <\/b>Meanwhile, for the third day in a row, countries were given access to parachute aid into Gaza as the Israeli military paused action in three areas of the enclave.
Sky correspondent Sally Lockwood<\/a> joined the Jordanian air force on one of their delivery missions, watching from the cargo hold as eight tonnes of aid was dropped. Watch her full report below.
At the weekend, the UK government said recognising Palestinian statehood was a “matter of when, not if”.
So, why now? 
Below, Sky News’s chief political correspondent Jon Craig<\/a> looks at the four factors behind Sir Keir Starmer’s plan towards recognising Palestine.
A group of high-profile Israeli public figures has called for “crippling sanctions” to be imposed on Israel, amid concerns over starvation in Gaza.
The 31 signatories of a letter to the Guardian newspaper include an Academy Award winner, a former Israeli attorney general and a number of recipients of the prestigious Israel prize.
The letter accuses Israel of “starving the people of Gaza to death and contemplating the forced removal of millions of Palestinians from the strip”.
It adds: “The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.”
Israel has denied a man-made famine is happening in Gaza and says it is not withholding aid. Its government has regularly accused Hamas of stealing food intended for civilians.
A Palestinian community leader has been killed by a sanctioned settler in a West Bank area which was documented in the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, according to the movie’s directors.
The local leader, Awdah Hathaleen, was killed in front of a community centre in the Israel-occupied West Bank last night, the film’s co-director Basel Adra, who was also Hathaleen’s friend, said.
Adra said on social media that Hathaleen was “slaughtered” as he was shot in the chest.
The suspect in the killing has been identified as Yinon Levi, an Israeli settler who was sanctioned by the UK and EU last year. Local media reports that he was released under house arrest today.
Here are the scenes in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, today.
Thousands of Palestinians can be seen carrying aid that entered the enclave on trucks through Israel.
This morning, UN-backed global food security experts warned that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in Gaza.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN says “declarations, empty speeches and conferences” will not bring progress to the Middle East.
Speaking to lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim<\/a>, Danny Danon the “only hope” for Palestinians was for Israel to bring back its hostages being held in Gaza.
Danon was speaking after the UK announced it would recognise Palestinian statehood by September unless Israel agreed to several conditions, including a ceasefire.
A two-day UN summit has also been taking place in New York this week focused on a two-state solution, which both Israel and the US boycotted.
“We don’t interfere on decisions of other countries,” Danon says. “But with all due respect, all those declarations and the empty speeches and conferences that we are seeing in the UN, they will not bring any progress to the region. 
“We have to move forward. We have to bring back the hostages and get rid of Hamas. That is the only hope, not only for us, but also for the Palestinians.”
‘We’re dealing with professional liars’<\/b>
Danon is asked about several reports into the lack of food aid in Gaza, including one from the IPC that said famine thresholds have been reached in most areas of the enclave.
Hakim also refers to comments made by UN aid chief Tom Fletcher that the current amount of aid reaching Gaza is a “drop in the ocean of what is required”.
Danon says Fletcher is a “professional liar” and says the “only starvation in Gaza is the starvation campaign that Hamas is behind, and the UN is behind”.
Sir Keir Starmer has laid out specific conditions which he said Israel must meet by September or the UK will recognise Palestinian statehood.
Outlining those at Downing Street, Starmer said Israel must agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, allow the UN to restart the supply of aid, commit to a peace plan that “delivers a two-state solution” and guarantee the West Bank will not be annexed in the future.
He also reiterated the demands in place for Hamas, including to agree to a ceasefire, release all remaining hostages, fully disarm and accept they will play no role in the governance of Gaza.
Watch PM’s statement in full:<\/b>
Here’s how the reaction to that news has gone down:
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