Israel and Iran must “get back” to the fragile ceasefire brokered overnight, Sir Keir Starmer said, amid a fresh exchange of hostilities in the Middle East.
The two warring nations had signed up to a ceasefire deal proposed by US President Donald Trump.
But Israel claimed Iran violated the deal by carrying out missile strikes after it came into force.
Iran’s military chiefs denied this, but faced a fresh onslaught ordered by the Israeli defence minister Israel Katz.
Mr Trump called for Israel to withdraw its warplanes, and claimed both it and Iran “don’t know what the f*** they’re doing” as he departed for the Nato summit in the Netherlands.
As he arrived for the summit, Sir Keir meanwhile, called for the ceasefire to be respected.
He told reporters: “I want the ceasefire to continue, and therefore, obviously, the sooner we get back to that the better, and that’s the message that I’m discussing with other leaders today.
“We’ve got a ceasefire. We need to get back to that ceasefire, which is consistent with what I’ve been saying about de-escalation for quite some time now.”
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