{"id":786606,"date":"2026-09-29T18:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786606\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:10:13","slug":"the-united-kingdom-tightens-restrictions-on-military-exports-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786606\/","title":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom Tightens Restrictions On Military Exports To Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Cover_content-excerpt__yFjHf excerpt\">The increase follows the UK\u2019s September 2024 decision to suspend about 30 export licences for items it assessed could be used in military operations in Gaza<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"i24NEWS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1352b9caa849f9325c12157cf9dfc47bc0e3c73e.png\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>i24NEWS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"British Prime Minister Andy Burnham\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/858581a4de9d27e02d7ad20628350d10.jpg\" class=\"\" title=\"Jonathan Brady\/Pool Photo via AP\"\/>British Prime Minister Andy BurnhamJonathan Brady\/Pool Photo via AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The British government has sharply increased restrictions on military exports to Israel over the past two years, according to The Jewish Chronicle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Citing export licensing data, the newspaper reported that the number of licences refused or suspended has nearly tripled, affecting dozens of proposed shipments of equipment and components.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The increase follows the UK\u2019s September 2024 decision to suspend about 30 export licences for items it assessed could be used in military operations in Gaza. Ministers said there was a risk the equipment could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Five arrested in RAF base explosives investigation in the UK released on bail Monday afternoon\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/api-uploaded\/WILDMOKA_69347380355.jpg\"\/>Five arrested in RAF base explosives investigation in the UK released on bail Monday afternoon<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The restrictions stop short of a blanket ban. Britain has halted direct exports of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel while continuing to supply parts to the international F-35 programme, which supports aircraft operated by several allied countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The increase follows the UK\u2019s September 2024 decision to suspend about 30 export licences for items it assessed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-786606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}