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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Lawyers seeking arms export ban submit claims of Israeli war crimes to UK court

An ambulance in the middle of a street reduced to rubble
An ambulance in Gaza. One of the witnesses in the high court submission said every part of the healthcare system in the territory had been destroyed. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Claims of Palestinians being tortured, left untreated in hospital and unable to escape constant bombardment have been submitted to the high court in London by lawyers seeking an order preventing the UK government continuing to grant arms export licences to British companies selling arms to Israel.

The 14 witness statements covering more than 100 pages come from Palestinian and western medical doctors working in Gaza’s hospitals, as well as from ambulance drivers, civil defence department workers and aid workers.

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