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West Bank: Homicide

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN HL4517, tabled on 9 May 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that at least three residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank were summarily executed or used as human shields by the Israeli military; and what action they have taken in response.

Answered on

23 May 2024

Reports of this nature are shocking. We continue to call upon Israel and the Palestinian Authorities to comply with their legal obligations in the West Bank, affording proper respect to the rights of all persons living there, and to investigate any reports of this thoroughly and transparently.