British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper says she is “deeply concerned” that the conflict in the Middle East has shifted focus away from the Gaza peace plan and violence in the West Bank, AFP reports.

“I am particularly concerned at the moment about what is happening in the West Bank. I am also deeply concerned about the Gaza 20-point plan process being kept on track exactly because of the wider conflict in the Middle East,” Cooper has told a parliamentary committee.

“I think there is a real deep concern at the moment about what is happening in the West Bank and the scale of settler violence,” she adds.

“In other circumstances, it (Gaza peace, West Bank violence) would have been a huge focus for us all globally, but in the current circumstances, there is so much happening that there is a danger of those issues not being focused on sufficiently,” Cooper has further said.

“We are going to need to build a broader regional security and stability picture that has to include Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, as well as a broader approach.”