Sir Keir Starmer has defended welcoming the Israeli president to Downing Street as MPs raised concerns about allowing him into the UK.

Sir Keir started Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) by saying "however difficult, the UK must not walk away from a diplomatic solution" to the war in Gaza.

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"We will negotiate and we will strain every sinew, because that is the only way to get the hostages out, to get aid in and to stop the killing," he told MPs.

The PM said he will be "absolutely clear that we condemn Israel's action" in bombing Hamas leaders in Qatar, during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday afternoon.

His visit comes just a day after Israel carried out the strike in Qatar .

The PM added that it

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