Activists challenging for a judicial review of Britain’s arms trade dismissed government assurances yesterday, arguing that international humanitarian law is still being broken.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (Caat) brushed off Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) promises that arms licences to Israel if would be revoked if conflict erupted.

The group asked for the review over the government’s refusal to suspend sales of military equipment to the Israeli army during the latest Gaza attacks.