The U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway announced that they are imposing sanctions on Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank." In a joint statement, the five countries charged Ben-Gvir and Smotrich with inciting "extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights."

The statement added that "the Israeli Government must uphold its obligations under international law, and we call on it to take meaningful action to end extremist, violent and expansionist rhetoric."