PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Israel: Military Intelligence (11 September 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) intelligence the Government is sharing with Israel on the potential location of remaining UK national hostages in Gaza and (b) other intelligence the Government is sharing with Israel gathered from surveillance flights from RAF Akrotiri.

Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent)

Answer

The unarmed UK surveillance aircraft are employed solely to support hostage rescue. Only information relating to hostage rescue will be passed to the relevant Israeli authorities responsible for hostage rescue.

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


Answered by:
Luke Pollard (Labour)
9 October 2024

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