This week New Zealand signed a fresh joint statement with 14 other countries expressing a willingness to recognise a Palestian State.
Earlier the United Kingdom went further - declaring an intention to recognise Palestine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted furiously - saying the decision rewarded "Hamas's monstrous terrorism".
BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner joins Perlina Lau with the latest.
A Palestinian boy sits on a damaged couch as he watches people clearing the rubble from a house that was hit in Israeli strikes at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 18 May, 2025. Photo: AFP
