Britain suspends some arms exports to Israel, increasing pressure to end war

The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas militant who appeared in a video on the day of the Oct. 7 attack in Israel drinking a soft drink in front of two children wounded in a grenade attack that had just killed their father . The military on Tuesday identified the militant as Ahmed Fozi Wadia, commander of a Hamas commando battalion. Meanwhile, the British government is suspending some arms exports to Israel over concerns that they could be used in violation of international law, a decision that was criticized by Israel. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government announced the suspension of some arms exports on Monday. British Defense Secretary John Healey said on Tuesday that around 30 arms export licenses to Israel for use in Gaza have been “suspended with immediate effect”. “There is no blanket ban, no arms embargo. The question is: item by item, license by license, is there a clear risk that their use in Gaza could be linked to violations of international humanitarian law?” he told British television Sky News. Secretary Healey added that if “there is a change in the Gaza conflict” where the export of the suspended arms “no longer poses a …

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