Israel Should Be Held to Account: UK Deputy PM
On the six-month anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Oliver Dowden said on Sunday that the UK was not giving the Israeli regime prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government "carte blanche" over its actions, and was having "robust conversations" with them, especially after the killing of three UK aid workers.
The US-based food charity World Central Chicken confirmed Tuesday that seven of its humanitarian aid workers were killed in an Israeli strike late Monday.
The workers were nationals of Australia, Poland, the UK, and Palestine, as well as a US-Canadian dual citizen.
In an interview with Sky News, Dowden referred to the debate over whether the country should cease arms export to Israel and the advice from government's lawyers, saying it was an "ongoing process" and it would remain "confidential."
"We should think back to how Israel was on the day of that attack, the trauma it is still suffering. Of course, Israel has made mistakes and made big mistakes and we should hold them to account for that, but we are holding them to a very high standard," he stated.
Dowden added that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary David Cameron had shared their concerns with Netanyahu.
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Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023.
Nearly 33,200 Palestinians have since been killed and almost 75,900 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.
Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which last week asked it to do more to prevent famine in Gaza.
Source: Anadolu Agency
