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Ministers face parliamentary push to reveal Gaza legal advice
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, August 30, 2025

MINISTERS are facing pressure to publish the legal advice they have received on whether Israel has breached international law in its offensive in Gaza.

The Liberal Democrats tabled a motion in Parliament today calling for Attorney General Lord Hermer’s advice to be disclosed.

Party leader Sir Ed Davey said it was “high time the government comes clean” and called for a full arms export embargo.

He said: “Ministers cannot turn a blind eye to the destruction being levelled on Gaza.

“They must wake up to the scale of the devastation, do everything in their power to return the hostages from Hamas’s grasp, and apply the strongest possible pressure on [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to end his military operations and restore comprehensive aid access to Palestinians.”

The bid is unlikely to succeed if forced to a vote, due to Labour’s majority in Parliament.

By convention, the Attorney General’s advice to ministers is kept confidential, though on rare occasions a summary has been published.

The push comes as the government pledged humanitarian support for Gaza after Israel signalled it would slow or stop aid into the north of the territory.

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