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| Britain to expel Israeli diplomat | Britain to expel Israeli diplomat |
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| Britain is to expel an Israeli diplomat over the cloning of British passports linked to the hit-squad killing of a Hamas commander, the BBC has learned. | Britain is to expel an Israeli diplomat over the cloning of British passports linked to the hit-squad killing of a Hamas commander, the BBC has learned. |
| Foreign Secretary David Miliband will make a statement to Parliament later. | |
| Israel has denied allegations that its agents were behind the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, in a Dubai hotel room in January. | Israel has denied allegations that its agents were behind the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, in a Dubai hotel room in January. |
| Mr Miliband demanded that Israel co-operate fully with the investigation into how the passports were obtained. | |
| The foreign secretary is to make the statement after Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency found proof of the cloned passports, said BBC correspondent Jeremy Bowen. | |
| Diplomatic sources stressed the British government was not accusing Israel of involvement in the killing, our correspondent added. | |
| However the expulsion sends a very strong message of Britain's displeasure at the cloning of UK passports. | |
| Twelve fake British passports were used in the killing of Mr al-Mabhouh, the founder of Hamas's military wing, in his hotel room in Dubai on 19 January. | Twelve fake British passports were used in the killing of Mr al-Mabhouh, the founder of Hamas's military wing, in his hotel room in Dubai on 19 January. |
| Last month Mr Miliband described the use of fake UK passports as an "outrage" and vowed that the inquiry would "get to the bottom" of the affair. |