British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned.
The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach. The UK is understood to be considering tasking British troops with this when the aid corridor opens next month.
The possible role for British forces – known as "wet boots" by military planners – would see them drive trucks off landing craft onto the temporary causeway and deliver aid to a secure distribution area ashore.
Whitehall sources said no decision had been made and the issue had not yet crossed the prime minister’s desk. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Israeli army declined to comment.
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