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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Dan Sabbagh and Geneva Abdul

UK’s surveillance flights over Gaza raise questions on help for Israeli military

Keir Starmer speaks to armed forces members at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus in December of last year
Keir Starmer speaks to armed forces members at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus in December of last year. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Britain continues to run near daily surveillance flights over Gaza with the help of a US contractor at a time of growing questions about how the intelligence obtained is used and shared with the Israeli military.

Specialist flight trackers estimate that RAF Shadow aircraft have run more than 600 flights over the Palestinian territory from the Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus in an attempt to locate the remaining hostages held by Hamas since December 2023.

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