British PM Keir Starmer's latest gaffe, calls for 'return of sausages' from Hamas captivity - WATCH

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was left red-faced after he made an unfortunate gaffe during a speech at Labour Party's conference on Tuesday (Sep 24). Starmer mistakenly called for the return of "sausages" instead of the hostages, currently in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year.

Starmer was calling for a de-escalation of the situation between Israel and Lebanon, as well as a cease-fire in Gaza when he made the slip.

"I call again for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, the return of the sausages — the hostages — and a recommitment to the two-state solution: a recognized Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel," he said, while quickly recovering from his mistake.

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The video of the speech quickly went viral on social media with netizens having a light laugh at Starmer's expense.

One user said, "This has to be his wurst speech", while another added: "I mean that was a bad slip up, but when he started going on about a two steak solution I'm pretty sure he was just hungry."

A third commented: "This maybe a Freudian slip, but it accurately reflects how the Starmer government and Israel are treating the conflict."

Notably, during the conference in Liverpool, Starmer was also heckled by an audience member who shouted about Gaza.

"This guy's obviously got a pass from the 2019 conference. We've changed the party," Starmer joked in response, Reuters reported. "While he's been protesting, we've been changing the party. That's why we've got a Labour government."

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Israel and Hamas

Israel and Hamas have been at loggerheads over the fine print of the hostage-truce deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to keep his troops in the Philadelphi Corridor(a narrow 14.5-km-long stretch of land along Gaza's southern border with Egypt) under the deal but Hamas has been reluctant to sign such a proposal.

Earlier this month,bodies of six hostages were recovered from a tunnel in the Gazan city of Rafah.The hostages were killed before they could be rescued,according to the Israeli military.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin (23),Ori Danino (25), Eden Yerushalmi (24), Almog Sarusi (27), Alexander Lobanov (33) and Carmel Gat (40) wereidentified as the hostages killed by Hamas.

(With inputs from agencies)