Britain's air bases, Gaza and the Brize Norton case
Topic
3 investigations.
Surveillance flights
RAF Shadow R1 surveillance planes flew from Akrotiri over or near Gaza from December 2023 to July 2025. The government says the flights only look for hostages.
Political links
A dated record of what ministers and a parliamentary committee have said about RAF flights to Israel, Israeli planes at Brize Norton and the Gaza surveillance flights, from 1998 to 2025.
UK–Israel military links
Flight records, parliamentary answers and published reporting link RAF Brize Norton to Israel's military campaign through Akrotiri, RAF spy flights over Gaza and Israeli planes on the base.
