Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron is threatening to suspend arms sales to Israel. The Telegraph reports that the former prime minister demanded Israeli officials grant the Red Cross access to captured Hamas fighters or face a suspension of the export licence for defence materiel.
Israel has claimed a security exemption to the Geneva Convention as the reason for blocking such access. The Red Cross has not visited Israeli hostages being held by the Palestinians. The Brits were previously reported to be contemplating an arms embargo if Israel invaded the Hamas stronghold of Rafah. Cameron has also complained about the length of time it takes for aid convoys to be allowed entry by Israeli security forces.
The past five months have seen a collapse into cowardice by the West
According to the Israeli government, 208 humanitarian aid trucks were inspected and admitted to Gaza on Thursday, 125 via Kerem Shalom on the armistice line with Gaza, and 83 via Nitzana on the border with Egypt.
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