Cameron: I have looked at legal advice and arms exports to Israel will continue [Video]

The UK will not suspend arms exports to Israel despite “grave concerns” about humanitarian access in Gaza, David Cameron has said.

The foreign secretary said he had reviewed the latest legal advice to ministers on whether Israel is breaking humanitarian law in its war on Hamas.

The “ultimate judgement” was that the export licences “will continue” following the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike last week.

Rishi Sunak has been under mounting pressure, including from within his own party, to immediately suspend the sale of arms amid a growing chorus of opposition to the number of civilians killed.

Tory grandees, hundreds of lawyers, dozens of MPs and peers from across the political spectrum, as well as top military commanders, have all called for a halt in recent days.

Lord Cameron said …