Keir Starmer says Gaza fighting ‘must stop now’ and warns against Rafah assault | Keir Starmer

Kier Starmer has said the “fighting must stop now” in Gaza, warning Israel not to extend its military offensive to the southern city of Rafah.

The Labour leader made the comments in a speech to the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow, where he has come under pressure ahead of a crucial Commons vote on Wednesday calling for an immediate ceasefire.

“I have just returned from the Munich Security Conference where every conversation I had came back to the situation in Israel and Gaza and the question of what we can do practically to deliver what we all want to see – a return of all the…