Gaza: Health Professions
Commons · Question 18599 · Tabled 9 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is he taking to tackle (a) detention and (b) mistreatment of healthcare workers in Gaza.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 17 Dec 2024
Medical workers and facilities, including ambulances and rescue personnel, must be protected in accordance with International Humanitarian Law and allowed to provide life-saving services. It is unacceptable that northern Gaza now has no functioning hospit...