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The U.K. sus­pend­ed free trade talks with Is­rael on Tues­day and hit West Bank set­tlers with sanc­tions, less than a day af­ter vow­ing “con­crete ac­tions” if Is­rael didn’t stop its new mil­i­tary of­fen­sive in Gaza.

Pres­sure from close al­lies is mount­ing on Is­rael fol­low­ing a near­ly three-month block­ade of sup­plies in­to Gaza that led to famine warn­ings. Even the Unit­ed States, a staunch al­ly, has voiced con­cerns over the hunger cri­sis.

British For­eign Sec­re­tary David Lam­my said the gov­ern­ment couldn’t con­tin­ue talks on up­grad­ing its ex­ist­ing trade agree­ment with an Is­raeli gov­ern­ment pur­su­ing what he called egre­gious poli­cies in Gaza and the Is­raeli-oc­cu­pied West Bank.