UK forces may be deployed to help deliver Gaza aid | BBC News

British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gazato help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned.

The US has said no American forces would go ashoreand an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks alonga floating causeway onto the beach. The UK isunderstood to be considering tasking British troopswith this when the aid corridor opens next month.

The possible role for British forces - known as "wetboots" by military planners - would see them drivetrucks off landing craft onto the temporary causewayand deliver aid to a secure distribution area ashore.

Whitehall sources said no decision had been madeand the issue had not yet crossed the prime minister'sdesk. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Israeli army declined to comment.