The UK government’s decision to suspend some of its arms export licenses to Israel is welcome but “falls way short,” according to an arms expert, who called on all countries to halt arms shipments to the country.

On Monday, the government announced that it was suspending 30 out of 350 arms export licenses to Israel after a review, warning there is a clear risk that certain UK arms exports to Israel might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.

In an interview with Anadolu, Oliver Sprague, an arms expert at Amnesty International UK, said that by suspending some arms export licenses, the government for the first time has admitted that its arms trade rules are being breached because of the clear risk that serious violations of international law are taking place in Gaza and that risks some UK arms exports being caught up in that.

“It’s welcome that we have suspended some licenses, but it falls way, way short of what we as Amnesty think is necessary,” he noted.