Exclusive: Parts for Israel’s most advanced fighter jet have been secretly shipped from a British military base during the assault on Gaza.

The seven shipments of F-35 parts from RAF Marham took place on 11 November 2023, 13 January, 21 January, 7 February, 28 April, 28 July, and 6 August 2024.

In six of those cases, the registered sender was the Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems office which is based in Havant, a town near Portsmouth.

An MoD spokesperson said: “In keeping with the government’s announcement on arms exports in September, there have been no exports of F-35 parts direct to Israel via RAF Marham since that licencing suspension.

“UK components for the multinational F-35 programme are excluded from that decision, except where going directly to Israel”.