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Judges to decide if UK can supply parts for Israeli warplanes

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British judges will rule on Monday on a legal challenge brought by a Palestinian human rights organisation seeking to block the UK from supplying components for Israeli F-35 fighter jets.

Israel has used the jets to devastating effect in its bombardment of Gaza, with both sides being accused of atrocities during a conflict that has killed tens of thousands -- mostly Palestinian civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.

The UK government suspended some export licences for military equipment after concluding there was a risk Israel could be breaching international humanitarian law, but made an exemption for some parts for Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth jets.

In its claim to the High Court, rights group Al-Haq said the "carve........

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