The visit comes at a moment of high tension for the longtime allies following Israel’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders on Qatari soil earlier this week.

As mediator negotiations over US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan were due to get started on Monday, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is unexpectedly travelling on to Egypt in addition to Israel.

Ambassador Mike Huckabee is to travel to Cairo for talks that officials said would focus on the Gaza war and tensions between Israel and Egypt.

While Travel Canada’s advisory has been updated, the information remains the same, urging Canadians to stay away from Israel and Palestine. The advisory says “avoid all travel” to Palestine due to the ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and the unpredictable situation in the West Bank.

Elected officials across Massachusetts state government were treated to thousands of dollars’ worth of trips this summer on other organizations’ dimes, including an excursion to St. Thomas

Israel’s sudden decision to indefinitely close the sole land crossing giving over 3 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank access to international travel, has intensified fears of more restrictions amid Israel’s threats of retaliation against Western recognition of a Palestinian state.

Slovenia, an EU member state which last year recognised a Palestinian state, imposed an arms embargo on Israel in August and introduced a ban on imports of goods produced in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.