Israeli 'faced London arrest on war crimes charges'

The former head of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip today said he was warned by diplomats not to disembark from an aircraft after landing in London, after a tip-off British police were waiting to arrest him on war crimes charges.

Reserve Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog said he arrived in London yesterday on a El Al flight, for what to have been three days of meetings with Jewish communities aimed at raising funds for a centre in Israel for brain-damaged children.