The UK could follow the US in backing up its military assets in the region following the attack on Israel by Hamas
in the Middle East by deploying Royal Navy ships and warplanes but should keep “well away” from direct involvement in Gaza, a former First Sea Lord has warned.
The Biden administration has also said it will be providing the Israel Defence Forces with further resources, including munitions.“Where we have a number of forces is in the Arabian Gulf,” he said. “Based around Bahrain, the American 5th fleet are there, we’re there, indeed we’ve got our naval base, HMS“And we’ve got MCM forces, we provide probably the best MCM forces, were better than the Americans at that.
Lord West suggested a more likely scenario is to make use of the British base in Cyprus, from which air strikes were launched against Isis in 2015.“I’m not sure if they’ve done anything like that yet but one could send Typhoon aircraft and things like that there.” “Now what’s happened we’ve cut back and cut back, in the past where we would have had a frigate or destroyer, we’ve said ‘oh we dont really need one there’.
A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City as Israel responds to Saturday’s terror attacks “We have a strong history on the Middle East, we are a member of the United Nations security council and both sides talk to us,” he told Times Radio.There are also calls for further humanitarian help for the people in Gaza amid threats from Israel to cut off food and electricity supplies.
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