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David Cameron says UK will not withhold arms sales to Israel
Foreign secretary says British weapons position different to US, but UK does not support Rafah invasion without civilian protection plan
David Cameron has said the UK will not be withholding arms sales to Israel, saying its position is not comparable with that of the US, which has paused the delivery of a weapons shipment, since the UK is not a large state-to-state arms supplier to Israel.
The foreign secretary added that the UK did not support a large-scale invasion of Rafah unless it saw a plan that protects civilians, a position the UK has repeated for the past month.
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