Since 2015, the UK has licensed at least £500 million worth of military exports to Israel.
From October 2023 to May 2024, the government issued over 100 new licences allowing UK companies to sell arms to Israel. During this same time, Israel killed thousands of civilians in Gaza indiscriminately.
Even though the government has suspended a small number of arms licences, there are still hundreds remaining.
The UK must not be complicit in Israel’s illegal war.
What is the impact of UK arms sales to Israel?
Palestinian women, children and men are facing unprecedented violence and aggression at the hands of the Israeli military across the occupied Palestinian territory.
Wesam lives in Gaza. She struggles to find answers about her husband Youssef’s fate, since he went missing last March. Wesam faces the immense challenges of this crisis, trying to care for her children, and cope with the dilemma of disappearance — one faced by thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.