Sunak defends ‘careful’ UK arms export regime amid calls to halt sales to Israel
by Claudia Savage
Apr 03, 2024
3 minutes
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended the UK’s “careful export licensing regime” amid calls for the UK to stop arms exports to Israel.
Aid organisation World Central Kitchen (WCK) confirmed British victims John Chapman, 57, James “Jim” Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, who were working for the charity’s security team, were among seven of its staff killed when their convoy was struck after unloading food in Gaza.
The incident has prompted condemnation from the UK and its allies.
The Prime Minister’s comments come to suspend arms exports to Israel.
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