AN Israeli military chief who has overseen the slaughter of thousands of Palestinians is visiting the UK.
Major General Tomer Bar, the head of the Israeli Air Force, landed in Britain on Thursday afternoon, reportedly to attend a conference hosted by the Royal Air Force in Gloucester.
He has been in post throughout the genocide in Gaza and since April, has approved all aerial attacks, ynet news reported.
Bar was reportedly forced to stamp his authority on air force operations amid growing unease in the ranks about the brutally high levels of civilian deaths.
He is attending the Royal International Air Tattoo event at RAF Fairford, north of Swindon, which began on Friday and ends on Sunday.
According to Israeli public broadcaster Kan, he is in the UK for “a series of meetings with air force commanders”.
It comes amid growing pressure on the Labour government to take action against Israel as the death toll continues to rise from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign of destruction in [[Gaza]] and from growing settler violence against Arabs in the West Bank.
The Israeli military has killed Palestinian children who were trying to access drinking water.
Netanyahu is reportedly pressing ahead with plans to herd Palestinians into a concentration camp to be built on the ruins of the city of Rafah – plans that have received widespread condemnation, even from the UK and within Israel.
The Israeli prime minister is demanding that the plans are made cheaper and carried out more quickly, according to Al Jazeera but is undeterred by criticism.
The Ministry of Defence and the Royal International Air Tattoo were approached for comment.
