UK faces pressure to stop selling weapons to Israel after aid workers killed

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing growing political pressure to stop selling weapons to Israel after seven aid workers, including three British nationals, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

LONDON — The three main British opposition parties and some lawmakers in the governing party on Wednesday said the British government should consider suspending arm sales.The Liberal Democrats called for arms exports to Israel to be suspended, while the Scottish National Party also backed that move and said parliament should be recalled from its Easter break to discuss the crisis.

WCK said its staff were travelling in two armored cars emblazoned with the charity's logo and another vehicle, and had coordinated their movements with the Israeli military.Arms sales kept under reviewSunak on Wednesday resisted calls to immediately suspend weapons sales to Israel. He said that arms exports to the country are kept under review."We've always had a very careful export licensing regime that we adhere to," Sunak said in an interview with the Sun newspaper.

 

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