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Hamas: Hostage Taking

Commons · Question 65992 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 6 Aug 2025

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken with international partners to encourage international humanitarian access to Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 6 Aug 2025

The UK has called for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to be granted unfettered and immediate access to the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian detainees to deliver on their independent visiting role, as enshrined within the 1949 Geneva Co...