British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he "will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless the Israeli government takes significant steps to end the situation in Gaza." He added that he "will conduct an assessment before the UN summit in September and make a final decision." In addition, Starmer stated that "there is no place for comparison between Israel and Hamas, and our demands against the terrorist organization remain unchanged," and that he "decided on this step to protect the existence of the two-state solution."