Six dead in Gaza. Among them, an Al Jazeera cameraman. The Foreign Office, quick to condemn, talks of 'restraint' and 'press protection'.
Empty words? Perhaps. But the calculation in Whitehall is clear: every civilian death, every journalist killed, is a strategic liability for Israel.
The lobby is abuzz. Backbenchers are restless. Labour's left flank is sharpening its knives.
No formal statement from No. 10 yet, but expect a carefully calibrated response. The game, as always, is about managing fallout.
Not saving lives. Not stopping the violence. Managing the narrative.
The question now: how long does 'restraint' last before it becomes a demand for a ceasefire? Polls show the British public, increasingly uneasy. The government knows this.
They'll move, but slowly. Cautiously. As they always do.
