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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Toby Helm Political editor

UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording

Alicia Kearns
Conservative MP Alicia Kearns made the comments at a Tory fundraising event earlier this month. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

The British government has received advice from its own lawyers stating that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in Gaza but has failed to make it public, according to a leaked recording obtained by the Observer.

The comments, made by the Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, Alicia Kearns, at a Tory fundraising event on 13 March are at odds with repeated ministerial denials and evasion on the issue.

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