Israel: Hostage Taking

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 4 November 2024.

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Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Independent, Leeds East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether information gathered by unarmed UK surveillance aircraft and provided to the Israeli military was used in Operation Arnon in Nuseirat on 8 June 2024.

Photo of Luke Pollard Luke Pollard The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

Our mandate is narrowly defined to focus on securing the release of the hostages only, including British nationals. Only information relating to hostage rescue will be passed to the relevant authorities.

We are unable comment further on detailed intelligence matters for operational security reasons.

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