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Gaza: Health Services

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 427, tabled on 7 November 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help protect medical infrastructure in Gaza.

Answered on

13 November 2023

The UK is clear that civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities, shelters and water and sanitation systems must be protected in conflict. All states, including Israel, must exercise their legitimate right to self-defence in accordance with International Humanitarian Law. We continue to engage regularly and closely with Israeli counterparts.

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