US and UK direct support Israel's 2023 'War on Hamas'
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Sources
- U.S. military is secretly supplying weapons to Israel using UK base on Cyprus - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, November 17, 2023
- U.S. flies ‘routine’ spy flights from UK’s Cyprus base near Gaza for ‘third party governments’ - Matt Kennard, Declassified UK, November 24, 2023
- UK refuses to confirm use of Cyprus base in sending US arms to Israel - Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, December 7, 2023
- Exclusive: Israeli military planes have landed at four locations in Britain since 7 October - Matt Kennard, Declassified UK, February 1, 2023
- U.S. Intelligence Helped Israel Rescue Four Hostages in Gaza - Intelligence collection and analysis teams from the U.S. and the U.K. have been in Israel throughout the war. - New York Times, June 8, 2024
- Intelligence collection and analysis teams from the United States and Britain have been in Israel throughout the war, assisting Israeli intelligence in collecting and analyzing information related to the hostages...
UK
- British listening posts in Cyprus intercept signals and 'snoop on the Middle East - Daily Star, 2022
- UK sending navy ships and spy planes to 'support Israel' and prevent 'further escalation' - Sky News, October 13, 2023
- RAF admits to making 17 military flights to Israel since Gaza bombing began - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, November 10, 2023
- The ICC must investigate British ministers for Gaza war crimes. Here’s how. - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, November 3, 2023
- RAF’s support for Israel stretches concept of self-defence - Richard Norton-Taylor, Declassified UK, April 15, 2024
- Complicit partners? The UK-Israel Roadmap - Forces Watch, December 13, 2024
Before October 7
- UK and Israel sign military agreement - BICOM, December 7, 2020 Archived
- UK-Israel sign new 7 year agreement - BICOM, March 22, 2023
Other UK treaties
- Saudi Arabia, present day
- Ukraine (2020)
US
- First US weapons shipment arrives in Israel after deadly Hamas attacks: IDF - Victor Nava, New York Post, October 10, 2023
- US to Supply Israel with ‘Smart Bombs’ Amidst Escalating Conflict - Breaking News Network, November 7, 2023
- U.S. WEAPONS TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL SHROUDED IN SECRECY — BUT NOT UKRAINE - Ken Klippenstein, The Intercept, November 7, 2023
Special forces
US
- Recovery of American hostages to be led by Israelis, US to advise - Military Times, October 12, 2023
- Israel-Palestine war: Israel plans to flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas, source says - MEE, October 25, 2023
- Israel war: Delta Force and SEAL Team Six deployed to save hostages abducted by Hamas - The Mirror,..
UK
See also UK_role_in_Yemen_conflict#Special_Forces, UK#Military
- RESCUE MISSION SAS troops on standby in Cyprus to rescue hostages and Brits stranded in Gaza - The Sun, October 27, 2023
- Officials also fear the war could spread, trapping more Brits in Egypt’s Sinai peninsular and Lebanon.
- UK's elite SAS on 'standby in Cyprus' to rescue British hostages held captive in Gaza by Hamas - as Israel launched a devastating overnight assault of strip - Daily Mail, October 28, 2023
- British state tries to cover up its military operations in Middle East - Socialist Worker, October 28, 2023
- UK issues D-Notices to suppress reports of SAS special forces operations in Gaza WSWS - Communist News, October 30, 2023
- Britain’s SAS Abetting Gaza Genocide? - Kit Klarenberg, November 20, 2023
- Minister refuses to tell Jeremy Corbyn if British troops are in Gaza - The National, December 4, 2023
Trojan Horses
- Israeli Targeting Of WCK Employees Reveals UAE Intelligence Activity In Gaza - UAE Leaks, April 6, 2024
Privatised intel
- NHS contractor that targets Palestinians develops AI-assisted battlefield system - Tom Coburg, Undercover Info, July 26, 2024
Reaction
- Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy - Tom Bateman, BBC News, February 2, 2024
- More than 800 serving officials in the US and Europe have signed a statement warning that their own governments' policies on the Israel-Gaza war could amount to "grave violations of international law"...The statement is signed by civil servants from the US, the EU and 11 European countries including the UK, France and Germany.
- In Gaza, survivors accuse Britain of complicity - Eye witnesses to an Israeli massacre believe British intelligence contributed to the slaughter - SHAIMAA EID, Declassified UK, June 29, 2025
Historic precedents
- Mandate for Palestine, white papers of 1922, 1939
(Noted: In the case of partition of India, use of divide and conquer is acknowledged by Encyclopedia Britannica. And Time essentially said it, without saying it, about Palestine, back in 1938. Ziff: "Zionist Leader Dr. Chaim Weizmann is a kindly, naive, conciliatory, Russian-born chemist who has been constantly tricked by wily British diplomats.").
- Crimean war of 1853
"Trump's Gaza Plaza"
- floated in February, 2025
- Apparently rejected by the Arab states, MBS, with an alternative plan led by Egypt, financed by Arab states, without Hamas allowed, but otherwise unchanged positions
- Lightly touched on during Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, ME, but without any major announcements.
Background
- File:UK-Israel The-New-Strategic-Relationship-Jan-2020.pdf BICOM Briefing - January 2020