Overview

• Opening testimony detailed severe injuries to children and accused the UK of enabling harm by allowing F-35 jets containing British parts to be used in Gaza.
• Oxford surgeon Nick Maynard described patterns of targeted shootings against boys and said hospitals he worked in showed no evidence of Hamas command centers.
• Consultant surgeon Victoria Rose recounted operating on young children without anesthetics and said Israel blocked most medical volunteers and basic supplies from entering Gaza.
• UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese said the UK has obligations to prevent serious violations and warned officials could face responsibility if economic, arms or intelligence ties continued.
• Organizers highlighted suspended UK export licences and sanctions that exclude F-35 components, questioned RAF surveillance flights from Cyprus, and noted a blocked bid for a formal parliamentary inquiry that led to this two-day forum.