Five rabbis travelled to Patagonia to support Jewish soldiers who suffered antisemitic attacks while fighting for Argentina during the Falklands War, it has been revealed.

Thirty years ago this week, British forces launched Operation Black Buck, in a bid to recoup the Falklands after Argentina had invaded on April 2.

As Argentina and Britain commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, Argentine pilots have spoken for the first time of a secret mission that took them to Israel to seek out weapons during the conflict.

A new book claims the late Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin supported emergency arms shipments to the Argentine military at the height of the Falklands War.

It is claimed that Mr Begin's supposed hatred of the British from his days fighting the pre-independence mandate led to the move.