Grant Shapps stopped British aid drops being parachuted into Gaza after a parcel killed five people last week.
The Defence Secretary is understood to have raised concerns about the method of parachuting aid into the region on “safety grounds” after civilians died when a parachute malfunctioned in on one airdrop north of Gaza City.
Sources close to Mr Shapps insisted his rationale for blocking aid was because of the risk to life, as they revealed the UK had drawn up plans for a new sea pier to be built in the warzone that will create a more “effective” route for vital provisions to be transported into the coastal territory.