Israeli President Isaac Herzog has congratulated incoming UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on what is set to be a landslide election victory for the Labour Party, Al Jazeera reports.

“As he prepares to enter Downing Street as Prime Minister, I look forward to working together with him and his new government to bring our hostages home, to build a better future for the region, and to deepen the close friendship between Israel and the United Kingdom,” Herzog wrote on X.

Starmer has repeatedly refused to say whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide and has said he will only review weapons sales from the UK to Israel on a case-by-case basis.