Israeli troops have been found guilty of murdering British journalists

Israeli troops have been found guilty of murdering British journalists for the second time in a week, leading to calls that the UK government should take action against Israeli commanding officers.

A five-man, five-woman jury at St Pancras Coroners Court in London Monday ruled that photojournalist Tom Hurndall had been "intentionally killed" by an Israeli soldier in Rafah, Gaza in April 2003.

"Make no mistake about it, the Israeli Defence Force have been found culpable by this jury of murder," the family's lawyer, Michael Mansfield said after the verdict.

Mansfield urged the British government to take action which would lead to the extradition of senior Israeli commanding officers, saying that the UK had an "obligation" under the Geneva Convention to ensure those responsible for the deaths were brought to justice.

The verdict came after a separate inquest in London on Friday ruled that British cameraman James Miller was also unlawfully killed by Israeli troops within weeks of Hurndall being murdered and only a kilometer away.

Voicing concern Tuesday, veteran Jewish Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman also called on Israeli authorities to hand the accused soldiers over for trial, either in the UK or international war crimes court, or otherwise face economic sanctions.

"It's about time that international action forced the Israeli government to deal with that element of their armed forces which goes around killing people wantonly," said Kaufman, who was a former shadow Foreign Secretary.

Coroner Andrew Reid, who presided over both inquests, said he would be writing to Britain's Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith to see if there was any further legal action which could be taken in relation to the two killings.

A third Briton, UN worker Iain Hook was also killed by the Israeli troops in 2003 near Jenin refugee camp, but no inquest has yet been held into his death.