Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 4 November 2024.
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.
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.
Yes10 people think so
No5 people think not
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