Netanyahu needs to 'read the room' and realise conflict must end

The horror has reached a critical point and can't go on.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem. (Photo: Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

The Gaza horror has reached a critical point where the west finally is putting its foot down and telling PM Benjamin Netanyahu it has to stop.

Right now 9,000 aid trucks which could save lives are stuck at Gaza’s border, and at least 500 a day are needed to sustain Gaza’s 2.1 million population.

Just 90 are said to have been let in over the past 24 hours as famine stalks the Strip, and agencies warn most of Gaza’s children face starvation without intervention.

As I write this at least 41 Gazans have been killed since dawn on Thursday, and that dreadful toll is sure to rise as Israel escalates its offensive.

Four of those killed were children.

The UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have slammed Israel’s war as ‘monstrous’ and called for it to end. France and Canada have also since joined the UK’s calls for it to end.