NGO loses bid to block UK export of military equipment to Israel

The High Court in London rejected a legal challenge on Monday brought by a Palestinian rights group seeking to block the UK from supplying components for Israeli F-35 fighter jets.

Israel has used the jets to devastating effect in its bombardment of Gaza.

Both sides have been accused of atrocities during a conflict that has killed tens of thousands — the vast majority of them Palestinian civilians, according to figures the United Nations deems reliable.

The UK government suspended some export…