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Middle East

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN HL1709, tabled on 30 July 2014

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to secure an independent international investigation of the level of civilian deaths and casualties in Gaza arising from Israel's military intervention in that territory to establish whether breaches of international law have occurred.

Answered on

18 August 2014

The Government has not made any plans to take action to secure an independent international investigation into the Gaza crisis. The time to carry out any actions on this issue is in the future, once the situation in Gaza has de-escalated.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office