Rishi Sunak says UK is ‘poised’ to offer Israel military help if required
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6FE3F)
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Rishi Sunak has pledged to provide diplomatic, intelligence or security support to Israel if requested after attacks by Hamas, as he chaired an emergency meeting of Cobra.
No 10 said the UK stood poised" to help Israel militarily if it asked for assistance and is not ruling out evacuating some British citizens from affected areas, saying keeping them safe was the utmost priority".
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