Gaza: Paediatricians call on UK government to stop selling arms to Israel

Paediatricians and child health professionals are urging the UK government to stop selling arms to Israel and to impose sanctions on produce from illegal Israeli settlements to help push for a ceasefire.

In an open letter to the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, 260 doctors and nurses said that the continued sale of arms to Israel meant that the UK was “indirectly perpetuating the decimation of this generation of Palestinian children.”1

The letter has been signed by dozens of consultant paediatricians from around the UK, as well as organisations including the British Association for …