Labour: Israel 'must answer questions’ on aid workers deaths
Shadow Chief Treasury Secretary Darren Jones says Israel "must answer questions quickly” after three British aid workers were killed in a deadly airstrike in Gaza on Monday.
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00:00 Well, I'm deeply saddened by the news that seven aid workers have been killed whilst doing their
00:07 jobs. It's entirely unacceptable. Aid workers must be protected. Their convoy was clearly
00:14 marked and I understand the work they were doing had been pre notified. That's why Israel must
00:19 answer questions quickly about how this unimaginable outcome happened in the first place.
00:25 We have a process in the UK for the licensing of arms exports and they have various conditions
00:30 attached to them. If those conditions have been breached, then there should be the relevant
00:36 consequences. Lord Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, has said that his first priority is getting
00:40 answers to the questions that must be answered and he will then presumably update us on what
00:46 those consequences might be. But I would encourage the government to be more transparent about this
00:51 than they have been in the past with Parliament so that we can understand the decisions that are
00:56 being taken and the way they're being taken.