MPs at Westminster have voted against backing a motion calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza.
The House of Commons vote was held on Wednesday evening on an amendment by the Scottish National Party (SNP) to last week's King's Speech.
The motion urged "all parties" in the conflict to back a ceasefire and also called for an end to the "collective punishment of the Palestinian people" as a result of Israel's war against Hamas.
The motion was defeated, with 125 votes for and 294 against. Among those voting yes were 56 Labour MPs - including 10 frontbenchers who have now quit the shadow cabinet - who defied their party leader Kier Starmer in backing the ceasefire call.
Both SDLP MPs backed the motion, along with the Alliance Party's Stephen Farry.
The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson, Gregory Campbell, Carla Lockhart and Gavin Robinson did not vote, while the party's remaining four MPs voted against the motion.
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The SNP's Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, described the result of the vote as "shameful", adding: "There is growing international momentum for an immediate ceasefire but Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have opted out of it - and have instead chosen to repeat their parties' past mistakes by ignoring the UN, disregarding international law and sitting on their hands while innocent civilians are being killed."
Meanwhile, a motion in the Dáil on Wednesday calling for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Ireland has been defeated.
The vote came as more than a thousand protesters calling for the ambassador's expulsion staged a demonstration outside the Oireachtas.
The motion proposed by the Social Democrats called for a range of economic and diplomatic sanctions against Israel, including that the diplomatic credentials of Israel's ambassador in Ireland, Dana Erlich, be revoked.
The motion also called for Ireland to use its influence in Brussels to seek a suspension of the EU-Israel trade deal, invoking a human rights clause in the agreement, and suspend Israel from participation in the Horizon Europe research funding initiative.
The party additionally said Ireland should also refer Israel to the International Criminal Court.
Tabling a counter-motion that removed the calls for sanctions, Minister of State James Browne told the Dail parliament that maintaining diplomatic links with Israel was vital.
The government amendment to the motion was voted for by 85 votes to 55.
A motion by Sinn Fein calling for Ireland to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court - that was debated in the Dail on Tuesday evening - was also defeated.
Throughout the evening, protesters outside the parliament waved large Palestinian flags as they also called for a ceasefire in the conflict.
Mr Browne told the Dail that maintaining diplomatic links with Israel was vital.
"There is a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and there is a real risk of regional spillover of conflict," he said.
"At the same time, I regret that the motion proposed by the Social Democrats seeks to push Ireland to the margins of international opinion," he said, claiming such a move would undermine the country's influence in the Middle East.
"It underplays the value of international and multilateral engagement.
"Ireland must continue to work with our international partners in responding to this crisis.
Social Democrat leader Holly Cairns said words of condemnation against Israel were "not enough".
She added: ""There must be consequences for the crimes perpetrated by Israel on a captive civilian population in Gaza."
