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Walid Daqqa

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 190347, tabled on 20 June 2023

Question

Tommy Sheppard
Scottish National Party
Edinburgh East
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether officials in his Department have had discussion with their Israeli counterparts on (a) releasing Walid Al Daqqa and (b) whether Walid Al Daqqa's medical needs are being met in the IPS medical centre.

Answer

David Rutley
Conservative
Macclesfield
Commons

Answered on

27 June 2023

Israel must abide by its obligations under International Humanitarian Law. The British Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly raises the importance of regularised access to healthcare with the Israeli authorities. We recognise that under International Humanitarian Law, Israel, as the occupying power, has a duty of ensuring and maintaining public health to the fullest extent of the means available to it. The wounded and ill in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) should be able to access the urgent medical care they need.

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