London will join Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other nations in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel’s national security minister Ben-Gvir – a West Bank settler – and finance minister Smotrich.

Britain’s foreign office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.

Britain, like other European countries, has been ramping up the pressure on Canada, Australia, New Zealand’s government to end the blockade on aid into Gaza, where international experts have warned that famine is imminent.

London last month suspended free trade talks with Israel for pursuing “egregious policies” in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, summoned its ambassador, and announced further sanctions against West Bank settlers.

Foreign minister David Lammy, who called Israel’s recent offensive “a dark new phase in this conflict,” has previously condemned comments by Smotrich on the possible cleansing and destruction of Gaza and relocation of its residents to third countries.