RAF spy pictures of Gaza could be used against Israel
The Independent|October 26, 2024
Intelligence gathered by RAF spy planes flying over Gaza could be used as evidence against Israel in The Hague, it is understood. Surveillance aircraft have carried out almost daily missions over the 25-mile-long Gaza Strip to try to help the Israelis.
ALEXANDER BUTLER
RAF spy pictures of Gaza could be used against Israel

But any video or images the aircraft obtained of suspected war crimes committed by either Israel or Hamas could be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

"If the ICC came to us and said, we think there has been a war crime in this area and do you have any footage, would the UK government offer that? Yes, absolutely," a military source told The Times.

An ICC prosecutor sought arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as his defence minister Yoav Gallant and several Hamas leaders in May, but these have not yet been approved by the court's judges.

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