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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

UK rules out Israel arms embargo after condemning aid blockade

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP) - (AP)

The UK will not impose an arms embargo on Israel over an aid blockade to Gaza described by the Foreign Secretary as a “breach of international law,” a senior Cabinet minister has said.

Pat McFadden said Britain would instead use “whatever diplomatic influence we have” to seek to restore a ceasefire after hospital officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in overnight strikes.

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