Human rights group calls on Britain to stop arming Israel

The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) in Britain said Wednesday that Israel has resumed its attacks on Gaza Strip in violation of the ceasefire.

Israeli warplanes bombed civilian targets on Tuesday evening in Gaza, which led to dozens of casualties including women and children, the AOHR statement said.

The UK government has vowed on August 13 to suspend 12 export licenses for arms and other military equipment to Israel for being used during the current aggression launched on July 7, which killed more than 2000 citizens and wounded 10,000 others, the organization said.

“Arming a state that practices terrorism, killings and massacres constitutes a flagrant breach to Britain’s commitments to international conventions, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Convention of Rome.”

AOHR called on Britain to abide by its pledges and international commitments and to cancel all its 400 licenses for arms to Israel estimated at 8 billion pounds.

Israeli warplanes bombed on Tuesday evening different targets in Gaza Strip in a flagrant violation of the 24-hour truce mediated Monday night by Cairo after Israeli military sources claimed that three rockets were fired from Gaza Strip towards Beersheba.

For its part, Hamas Movement held Israel responsible for the latest escalation in Gaza, saying that such attacks weaken any possibility of reaching a truce agreement.