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UK Leases US Contractor Aircraft to Sustain Gaza Surveillance as MoD Withholds Footage

The MoD refuses to disclose surveillance footage of Israeli strikes on British aid workers despite insisting that shared intelligence is only for hostage rescue.

Flight path data showed the British-contracted aircraft flying over the largely destroyed city of Khan Yunis
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Overview

  • The British military has leased U.S. civilian-operated planes from Straight Flight Nevada to continue unarmed surveillance over Gaza after its Shadow R1 fleet returned to the UK for maintenance.
  • The Ministry of Defence asserts that it vets all collected data and only passes information related to the 49 remaining hostages to Israeli forces.
  • Freedom of Information requests for footage of Israeli strikes that killed UK charity volunteers were denied by the MoD on national security grounds.
  • Flight tracking data exposed a contractor-operated aircraft registered as N6147U flying over Khan Yunis in late July, confirming its role in the surveillance mission.
  • Retired Major General Charlie Herbert and other critics warn that intelligence gathered under the guise of hostage recovery could also be used for broader targeting operations.