The UK newspaper The Times reported Tuesday that the British military continues to operate spy planes over the Gaza Strip "with the aim of locating the hostages who have not yet been released." The British claim that intelligence is being transferred to Israel only for the purposes of rescuing the hostages, but British Major General (res.) Since October 7, the Times reported, British reconnaissance aircraft have been flying almost daily sorties over Gaza, gathering sensitive intelligence on ground movements. The intelligence, it is claimed, is transferred to Israel under British supervision, and solely for the purpose of rescuing the hostages. The IDF refused to comment on the report, and the British Ministry of Defense said: "Since December 2023, unarmed IAF reconnaissance aircraft have been flying over Gaza with the sole purpose of locating abductees.
