UK failing Gaza by allowing jets with British parts to bomb hospitals, says surgeon

It is ‘inconceivable’ that Hamas is using hospitals as command centres, Prof Nick Maynard tells independent Gaza tribunal

An Oxford University surgeon accused the British government of failing the people of Gaza by allowing F-35 jets with British parts to bomb the children on which he was operating, an independent Gaza tribunal heard at its opening session on Thursday.

The two-day tribunal in London, which is independent of government and parliament, is seeking to amass evidence of Britain’s failure to distance itself from what the tribunal organisers regard as Israeli war crimes amounting to genocide.

Chaired by the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and two British-based academics, the tribunal has been framed to look at alleged atrocities in Gaza, Britain’s legal responsibilities, any evidence of UK covert support for Israel and whether the government’s actions match any legal obligations to prevent a genocide.

Giving evidence on Thursday, Prof Nick Maynard said it was unconscionable that Britain had not ended its complicity in what he said were deliberate attacks on the children of Gaza.