Amid international pressure to call a ceasefire and a desire to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Israel is reportedly seeking the appointment of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to be the humanitarian coordinator for the Gaza Strip, according to a report by Israel’s Ynet news outlet, citing unnamed senior officials. 

According to the report, Israel has discussed the issue with Blair in recent weeks but no official agreement has been made.

“Mr. Blair maintains an office in Israel and he continues to work on matters tied to Israel and the Palestinians. Understandably, he has conversations with people in the region and other places in order to see what can be done, but he was not given or offered the role,” Blair’s office said in a statement to Ynet.

In the role of humanitarian coordinator, the emphasis would be on “providing medical treatment and medicines, and on the possibility of evacuating the wounded and sick from the Strip,” according to Ynet, but the details regarding the scope and authority of the role have yet to be defined.

On Oct. 11, Blair issued a condemnation of the Hamas terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli and other civilians, when he posted to X, saying that the Hamas attack made it “clear” the approach to the conflict had to be “re-thought.”

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