LABOUR MP Zarah Sultana will make an impassioned plea in the Commons today for a halt to British arms sales to Israel.

With the Palestinian death toll in Gaza now standing at 17,700, including more than 7,000 children, the Coventry MP will present a Bill calling for the suspension of arms sales to “Israel and any state that might use them for war crimes.”

If successful, the legislation will also launch an inquiry into the use of British-made arms supplied to foreign states, suspending sales where the weapons could be used in violation of international law.