Declassified UK : UK government decided to continue arms exports to Israel one week after an Israeli airstrike killed three British aid workers in Gaza

Posted: 24th April 2024

New court documents show the UK government decided to continue arms exports to Israel one week after an Israeli airstrike killed three British aid workers in Gaza.

The strike took place earlier this month and killed 7 people in total working for the charity World Central Kitchen.

Foreign secretary David Cameron and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch explicitly authorised new arms sales to Israel knowing it had just killed UK citizens.

The Israeli Air Force carried out the bombing with a drone which may have been powered by an engine produced in Britain.

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