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The foreign secretary said Israel did not have a “clean bill of health” when it came to its military operations inBut speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, he said the government would not block weapons being sold.
“Just to simply announce today that we will change our approach on arms exports, it would make Hamas stronger and it would make a hostage deal less likely,” he said.“If they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah,” he told CNN.Biden, long a staunch and unquestioning supporter of Israel, has come under intense pressure from Democrats to finally place conditions on military aid to the country.
It came as a US government report found “reasonable” evidence American-supplied weapons had been used by Israel to breach international law. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has indicated he is prepared to defy Biden. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone,” he said. Rafah, where one million displaced Palestinians are sheltering, is one of the last remaining safe zones in Gaza.Israel launched its campaign in Gaza following the October 7 attacks by Hamas, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 252 others were taken hostage.Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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