Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, a prominent British human rights lawyer, publicly described Israel's military campaign in Gaza as a genocide during a BBC World at One radio interview on July 9, 2025. She condemned the Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz's proposal to confine Gaza, referring to it as a plan akin to a 'concentration camp.' Kennedy emphasized the moral imperative to oppose the actions in Gaza, warning that silence would imply complicity. UK journalist Alastair Campbell also characterized Israel's war on Gaza as genocide, noting the increasing difficulty in criticizing the Israeli government without facing accusations of antisemitism. These statements mark a notable public denunciation from leading UK figures regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Meanwhile, some sources have published tribunes disputing the use of the term genocide to describe the situation.