Jonathan Reynolds told Sky’s Wilfred Frost that the UK government will recognise the state of Palestine "in this parliament".
Addressing the worsening humanitarian crisis and safety concerns around aid airdrops, Reynolds said: "We know the only way to get sufficient quantities of aid into Gaza is for that [Israeli] blockade [of Gaza] to end."
But "the point about the airdrops is that we cannot wait – we’ve got to do something", he said.
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