Legal challenge over British government's role in weapons sales to Israel will proceed

A U.K. judge said Tuesday that a legal challenge over the government's role in allowing arms to be sent to Israel can be heard at the High Court in October.

The case had been dismissed in February, but a High Court judge on Tuesday granted a judicial review hearing for it in October.

Lawyers for the human rights groups argued there was a "clear risk" that the weapons "might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law" in Gaza.