Several tallies are circulating regarding the countries that recognise the State of Palestine. Here is a recap of how AFP came to its own count, identifying

Since then, nine countries - Armenia, Slovenia, Ireland, Norway, Spain, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados - formally recognised the State of Palestine. Most of the Middle East, Africa and Asia recognise Palestinian statehood.

The Scottish National Party has threatened to bring forward legislation on recognising Palestinian statehood and "force a vote" if UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to oppose the move.

The UK is committed to recognising a Palestinian state "at a time most conducive to the prospects of peace" in the region, Starmer told the Commons Liaison Committee this week. Later this month, France with co-chair an international conference at the United Nations in New York where it plans to announce that it recognises Palestine.

A joint statement called for an immediate ceasefire and said that “withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable."

More than half of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into the death of Saif Musallet, an American citizen beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.