Declassified UK

Posted: 16th March 2024

The British government is refusing to divulge any information about whether its bases on Cyprus are being used to facilitate the bombing of Gaza.

Israel’s massive offensive in the densely populated Gaza Strip has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians, and forced most of its 2.3 million people to flee their homes.

Yet British ministers are believed to be still arming Israel and have refused to suspend or block arms exports to the country’s military.

RAF Akrotiri has long been the staging post for British bombing campaigns in the Middle East, and sits 180 miles from Israel’s capital, Tel Aviv. But the Ministry of Defence refuses to say if the British base is facilitating Israel’s offensive.

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