UK’s Cameron says support for Israel ‘not unconditional’

Foreign secretary says the UK expects Israel to ‘abide by international humanitarian law’ as war enters seventh month.

Britain’s support for Israel depends on it abiding by international humanitarian law, Foreign Secretary David Cameron says in a newspaper column.

The remarks by the former prime minister came days after an Israeli air strike killed seven aid workers, including three Britons, in Gaza.

“Our backing is not unconditional,” Cameron wrote in The Sunday Times on Sunday. “We expect such a proud and successful democracy to abide by international humanitarian law, even when challenged.”

The British government has been a staunch ally of Israel since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7.