Senior British Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the UK government, saying she can no longer support the government’s policy on Gaza.

Senior British Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the UK government, saying she can no longer support the government's policy on Gaza.

"With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister & tendered my resignation. I can no longer support Govt policy on #Gaza," the Baronness wrote on her official Twitter page.

Warsi,  the first Muslim to serve as a full cabinet minister, has thus become the first minister to resign from the British government 'on principle' the coalition was formed between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
Last week, however, Channel 4 News reported that FCO officials believed Warsi had "deep reservations and concerns about government policy" on Gaza.
A number of senior Conservative politicians have expressed concern over the Palestinian civilian death toll.
Though no longer a full member of Cabinet she still had the right to attend Cabinet meetings. It was not immediately clear whether she was resigning from both her ministerial roles.
While the British government has repeatedly called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister David Cameron has come under criticism from the opposition Labor party for refusing to describe the Zionist actions as disproportionate.
Last week, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the situation in Gaza had become "intolerable".
Almost 1,900 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, most of them were civilians, since Zionist occupation forces began pounding the blockaded enclave with air, sea and ground assaults on July 7.