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Gaza: Israel

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN HL4555, tabled on 30 November 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make to the government of Israel regarding Israeli forces firing on fishermen in Gaza while they fish in their designated area.

Answered on

14 December 2021

We regularly raise the importance of the Israeli security force's adherence to the principles of necessity and proportionality when defending its legitimate security interest. We continue to stress to the Israeli authorities the damage that their restrictions on movement, access and trade are doing to the living standards of ordinary Palestinians.