No Gaza ceasefire on the table, Israel says

The head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK has said the latest outbreak of fighting is part of a much bigger historical picture.

"This isn’t a confrontation between Netanyahu and Hamas, this as a confrontation that has lasted for 100 years, between Israel and the people of Palestine," Husam Zomlot told the BBC.

The confrontation has primarily been based on negation, he said, adding the negation started with the 1917 Balfour Declaration which "promised our land to others without consulting us".

The declaration – issued on 2 November 1917 – stated that the British government supported "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people".