Five current and former intelligence officials from GCHQ and MI6 have told i about the UK’s highly secretive operations in the region
The UK is aiding international efforts to find hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to multiple intelligence sources.
In a following statement on Thursday, the Mr Sunak announced that the UK will deploy surveillance aircraft and two Royal Navy ships to the eastern Mediterranean to help mitigate humanitarian crisis and “support Israel”.involved, including Qatar and Turkey, alongside Israeli specialists. However, the UK’s involvement in the operation has not yet been officially announced.has decided to not publish certain elements of the reporting in order to protect national security and ongoing operations.
As the conflict intensifies, 17 British citizens in Israel are believed to be dead or missing, and the UK has yet to say whether it believes any of its nationals are being held by Hamas. However, two Britons have claimed their family members have been taken by militant groups in Gaza.are said to have been taken hostage by Hamas fighters on Saturday. They both say they are in the dark about their family members’ status and haven not heard anything from the UK or Israeli governments.
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