Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron has promised to “hold Israel to account” for the killing of three British ex-servicemen in Gaza.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, the Foreign Secretary stopped short of talking about growing demands to suspend arms sales to Israel over the atrocity.
He rejected claims that the British government was downplaying the incident to avoid upsetting Israel. This week Lord Cameron described the triple drone strike on the World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy as “appalling” and paid tribute to the seven aid workers killed.
The brother of aid worker Jim Henderson, one of the three British victims, yesterday said it was ‘hard to comprehend’ the Government’s response. In a statement to The Times on behalf of the family, he said:
Accountability is the only hope of justice I have… I don’t believe our Government will hold the correct people to account, but I guarantee our Government will sell weapons to Israel, which may… be used to kill our fellow citizens.
This week, employees of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) came under rocket fire while trying to deliver food to Palestinians in a clearly marked charity vehicle. Britons James Henderson, James Kirby and John Chapman were among the seven WCK volunteers killed by a strike.
