Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for Israel’s control of aid distribution to be replaced amid reports of mass starvation in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several senior Israeli leaders strongly condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement on Thursday to recognise a Palestinian state, warning that the move rewards terrorism and threatens Israel’s security,

Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza to end a “humanitarian catastrophe," after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first major Western power to recognize a Palestinian state.

Anthony Albanese has issued a blistering attack on Israel, declaring its actions in Gaza "cannot be defended or ignored" and demanding Benjamin Netanyahu's government agree to a ceasefire before hostages are released.

Gaza ceasefire talks are expected to resume next week following Israel's review of the response by Palestinian Hamas militants, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said on Friday, citing an Egyptian source.

The Druze live in pockets across the Middle East, and Israeli members of the community want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to help their kin in Syria.

Only a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump seemed confident a deal was days away that would end the fighting in Gaza, secure the release of hostages and allow aid to flow into an enclave where people are starving to death.

Former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett batted down an MSNBC host's talking points on the fraught history of Gaza in an interview on Monday.