Written questions

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

Commons · Question 56774 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of the killing of Palestinians near an aid distribution centre in Rafah.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 9 Jun 2025

We are appalled by repeated reports of mass casualty incidents, in which Palestinians have been killed when trying to access aid sites in Gaza. Desperate civilians who have endured 20 months of war should never face the risk of death or injury to simply f...