His comments echo concerns raised by Alicia Kearns, the Tory chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, who said the strike on the World Central Kitchen vehicles should raise questions about future military collaboration between the UK and Israel.
“A demonstration that Israel is not demonstrating a commitment to international humanitarian law would have implications for our intelligence-sharing, alongside arms sales,” Ms Kearns told The Telegraph.
The World Central Kitchen charity had alerted the IDF to the route it was using and its volunteers were travelling in cars marked with its logo on the roof.
The IDF called the strike an “intelligence failure” and Mr Netanyahu insisted it was an “unintended” tragic event of the kind that “happens” in wartime.
Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, condemned the deaths of the aid workers as “outrageous” and “unacceptable” as he repeated his party’s calls for an immediate ceasefire.
Pat McFadden, the shadow minister, told Sky News on Tuesday, in relation to Labour’s stance on selling arms to Israel: “We always want Israel or any ally to abide by international humanitarian law… We don’t have a boycott of selling arms to Israel.”
When asked what would happen if Israel was found to be in breach of international law, Mr McFadden urged the Government to say whether there was “proper legal evidence” if that was the case.