Rishi Sunak also asked for all military teams in Israel, Cyprus and those across the region to be bolstered to help deal with the impact of instability in Israel following the attack by Hamas.
The UK will send RAF aircraft and Royal Navy ships to carry out surveillance over Israel in a show of support following the Hamas incursion over the weekend. RAF aircraft will begin patrols in the next 24 hours while two ships will be sent to the eastern Mediterranean. A Royal Navy task group will be moved to the eastern Mediterranean next week and will include two ships - RFA Lyme Bay and RFA Argus.
' The military support is just the latest provided by the UK in the wake of the surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday. To date,1,300 Israelis have died while 1,417 Palestinians, including 447 children, have been killed in retaliatory strikes in Gaza - where electricity, water and fuel has been cut off. Israel has said it will keep blocking supplies until Hamas releases nearly 100 hostages.
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