Rishi Sunak tells Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: 'We want you to win'

Rishi Sunak has delivered a message of British solidarity with Israel during a whirlwind trip to Tel Aviv, telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We want you to win.”

Standing alongside Netanyahu for a televised address, Sunak said he “knew” Israel is “taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians” as it responds to last weekend’s attacks by Hamas.

The British PM arrived in Israel early Thursday morning for a two-day visit to the war-torn Middle East. He immediately held talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog as well as Netanyahu.