United Kingdom, London The United Kingdom’s “silence in action” is a manifestation of the government’s involvement in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, according to Nick Maynard, a British doctor who has visited Gaza several times.
He depicted the harm that Israel caused to children through aerial bombardment, gunfire, or the deliberate restriction of life-saving infant formula and medicine as a torrent of early autumn rain fell on London on Thursday.
Recommended Stories
list of 4 itemsend of list
On the eve of an unofficial inquiry looking into the UK’s alleged role in Israeli war crimes, he claimed that the boys he operated on, some as young as 11 or 12, were clearly targeted with shootings to the abdomen and the chest.
A group of four young teenagers, aged between 13 and 14, were brought in at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on one occasion, who were all shot in the testicles as Maynard performed an operation on a patient in an understaffed theatre to the cacophony of bombs exploding.
We all understood the pattern of specific body parts being targeted, he said, explaining what I believe Israeli soldiers practiced as target practice. ”
He also brought up Zaynab, a seven-month old child who passed away from malnutrition. He told the audience, “You could see every bone in her body,” adding, “You could see every rib.” She was receiving sugar and water. In Nasser [hospital], we were completely out of formula feed.
Four days before she passed away, US doctors discovered a shortage of formula feed. Israeli guards purposefully removed those, as they were. Zaynab might have been saved thanks to that formula feed. ”
Since Israel launched its war against the besieged enclave in October 2023, in response to Hamas attacks on southern Israel, in which an estimated 1,200 people were killed, more than 64,000 people have died in Gaza.
Former Labour leader and lifelong supporter of Palestinian rights, Jeremy Corbyn, who is launching a new left-wing party in the UK, will host the two-day event known as the “Gaza tribunal.” It will end on Friday.
On Friday, former US diplomat Mark Smith will address the tribunal. He resigned over the country’s failure to stop sending weapons to Israel.
allegedly infringe on international humanitarian law.
To Corbyn’s effort, which comes after a conflict with Keir Starmer’s government, are lawmakers, campaigners, and experts from the UN who have survived the genocide.
In a bill that was introduced in the House of Commons on June 4, Corbyn demanded an independent investigation into the UK’s involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza, including the use of Royal Air Force bases and the supply of weapons. The ruling Labour Party ultimately vetoed the bill, which was supported by dozens of MPs and by more than 20 aid organizations.
It is up to us to conduct a public open inquiry if the government won’t organize one, and if Parliament doesn’t effectively conduct an inquiry, Corbyn said. This event will help us make stronger arguments both inside and outside the court system. A lot of what is happening is completely unlawful and shouldn’t be concealed. ”
If the UK were to continue to supply Israel with the “vital components” of F-35 jets, which were “bombing hospitals and schools,” we would be complicit in international humanitarian law violations.
The majority of panelists at the conference, which took place in Westminster’s heartland, including Labour lawmaker Richard Burgon, concurred that the UK is a part of the alleged war crimes committed by Israel.
He claimed that some countries, including the UK, are aiding in Israel’s arming. That constitutes complicity in its own right. ”
Another type of political complicity, in his opinion, is.
I contend that the UK government is also at fault for giving Israel the political green light. ”
He claimed that the UK should have used “every tool at its disposal, from sanctions to using its role in the UN and elsewhere to force, not plead with Israel, to stop,” just as it has done with Russia’s war against Ukraine.
UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, did not make any accusations of complicity in war crimes, but said states like the UK had been made aware of their obligations for decades and have not done so in response to Israel’s “longstanding structural system of widespread and systemic oppression and exploitation against the Palestinians that has turned genocidal.”
The meetings are held as a result of the Palestinians’ growing public support. Pro-Palestine marches are expected to take place across the nation on Saturday, with many people expected to attend.
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s head, Ben Jamal, called for a “fundamental shift in public opinion.”
Israel hasn’t been able to change the dynamics of government behavior because it is more dispersed in the court of public opinion, he claimed.
Israel’s prime minister, Isaac Herzog, is scheduled to visit the UK next week, according to The Guardian, despite the UK’s recent criticism of Israel’s atrocity and its commitment to recognizing a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly later this month.
The UK continues to fly surveillance planes over Gaza while maintaining diplomatic ties, raising concerns about possible intelligence sharing with Israel, and provides F-35 components to Israel through the global pool program.
The Sameer Project, a grassroots aid organization for Gaza, co-founded by Palestinians Hala Sabbah, who questioned why the UK has welcomed fewer child evacuees in need of immediate medical care than countries like Italy and Spain.
She claimed that the UK does not only actively murder us, but that they also refuse to assist us.
Victoria Rose, a British surgeon who has volunteered in Gaza and has witnessed the effects of Israel’s campaign, wrote to Prime Minister Starmer in November 2024 to demand action along with campaigners.
However, she and other doctors were only given a press invitation to speak with the premier via Zoom after her media appearances in June 2025. She also had a personal meeting with health minister Wes Streeting.
