UK Foreign Secretary says ban on arms sales to Israel would help Hamas

By Nathan Morley

The British Foreign Secretary, Lord David Cameron, says restricting arms deliveries to Israel because of its war in Gaza would strengthen Hamas.

Cameron also said it would make a deal to free Israeli hostages less likely. ‘Just to simply announce today that we will change our approach on arms exports, it would make Hamas stronger, and it would make a hostage deal less likely,’ Cameron told Britain’s BBC.

Strikes on Gaza

Meanwhile, Israel launched further airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. According to reports, two doctors were killed.

The Israeli military says it has ‘eliminated terrorists’ in the north of Gaza, and says at least 100,000 Palestinians will have to be evacuated in the north following mass evacuation orders in the south.

According to the Israeli army, around 300,000 people in Rafah recently obeyed a request to leave the city towards a ‘humanitarian zone’.

Since Monday, people have been ‘making their way to the humanitarian zone in al-Mawasi,’ the Israeli army said on Saturday.

The Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip was triggered by the unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7th.

Hamas operatives invaded Israeli towns and committed atrocities against civilians. They kidnapped around 250 people; 128 hostages are still held by Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups.