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Military Aircraft: Mediterranean Region

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 48, tabled on 7 November 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft have been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to support (a) Israel and (b) wider regional security.

Answered on

13 November 2023

A total of 12 aircraft have deployed to the eastern Mediterranean. These flights have provided surveillance support to Israel, including preventing the transfer of weapons to terrorist groups, and to wider regional security. They have also delivered humanitarian aid into Egypt.

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