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Thales’ parent company is involved in producing the Watchkeeper drone with Israeli defence company Elbit Systems.

UK foreign secretary Lord Cameron has so far ruled out halting arms sales to Israel.

Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Lord Cameron said such a move would only strengthen Hamas.

He said while he would not support a major ground offensive in the Gazan city of Rafah, the UK would not copy US plans to stop some arms sales.

The UK government does not directly sell arms to Israel but grants licenses to weapons companies based on legal advice.

In contrast, the US uses a less restrictive government-to-government deals to sell arms.

On Wednesday it emerged the White House has told Congress it wants to send more than $1bn (£800m) in new weapons to Israel.

The country launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group’s cross-border attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 252 others were taken hostage.

More than 35,170 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 82 in the past 24 hours, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.