British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday answered “no” when asked by MP Zarah Sultana to “do what is morally and legally right and end the government’s complicity in war crimes by banning all arms sales to Israel”.

During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Sultana said: “In the light of the anniversary of the horrific October 7 attacks, I again repeat the call for the immediate release of all hostages.”

She then addressed a question to Starmer.

"And in light of Israel’s genocidal assault in Gaza, the violence in the West Bank and the invasion of Lebanon, I ask the prime minister if he believes that Israel’s right to self-defence justifies a death toll, according to research by US medical professionals who have worked in Gaza, [that] has now surpassed 118,000, as well as the 2,000 people killed in Lebanon.