LONDON: A former Conservative minister in the UK has admitted a change of heart over the killing of a prominent young Palestinian nurse and accused the Israeli government of murdering her, The Independent reported.
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also accused by Alistair Burt of carrying out fake inquiries into the death of Razan Al-Najjar in 2018.
The young nurse, who was killed aged 20, was popularly dubbed the “Angel of Mercy.”
She was shot dead by Israeli forces while coming to the aid of a wounded demonstrator on Gaza’s border with Israel in 2018, prompting international condemnation.
Burt, who at the time served as Middle East minister in the Conservative government led by Theresa May, said the UK was wrong not to “call out” Israel after Al-Najjar’s killing.
