British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza and a proposed peace plan as he comes under mounting pressure from his own party to recognise a Palestinian state.

The United Kingdom is working on the plan with France and Germany after a call between the leaders of the three countries last week.

Starmer has not shared details of the plan, but over the weekend he compared the proposals to the “coalition of the willing”, the international effort to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire in its war with Russia.

With warnings that people in Gaza are facing starvation, growing numbers of lawmakers in Starmer’s Labour Party want him to recognise a Palestinian state to put pressure on Israel.

The issue has come to the fore after President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognise Palestine as a state.