Shapps: No circumstances for UK troops on ground in Middle East conflict
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said he can see “no circumstances” under which British troops would be on the ground in Israel, Gaza or the West Bank.
MPs pressed Mr Shapps over whether or not there will be an extension of UK military involvement after he confirmed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will conduct unarmed surveillance flights over the eastern Mediterranean, including operating in airspace over Israel and Gaza.
Mr Shapps said this is part of his pledge to “move heaven
