MPs demand assurances RAF Gaza spy plane footage is retained

British Members of Parliament are demanding the government provide assurances that surveillance data collected by Royal Air Force (RAF) flights over Gaza will be retained and not destroyed. A parliamentary committee is pressing ministers to clarify if this intelligence is being used by the Foreign Office to assess Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law, especially in relation to UK arms exports. Experts suggest the hundreds of surveillance flights, officially intended to locate hostages, have likely captured evidence of potential war crimes. The committee also continues to scrutinize the continued export of UK-made components for F-35 fighter jets which are supplied to Israel.