UK PM Starmer and Israeli president clash during 'tough' meeting

11/9/2025 6:22

Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived for talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Wednesday in what is likely to be a tense eeting, with both leaders planning to criticise each other country's recent behaviour.



The meeting comes a day after Israel expanded its attacks on Hamas by launching an airstrike aimed at killing the Islamist group's political leaders in Qatar, a British ally in the Middle East, which Starmer condemned.



Starmer plans to raise with Herzog the Israeli airstrike on Qatar as well as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, his spokesperson said.



The two men briefly shook hands without smiling on the steps of Downing Street before they entered the building.