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Gaza: Fuels

Commons · Question 68818 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 6 Aug 2025

Question

Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of children at risk of waterborne diseases due to fuel shortages in Gaza.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 6 Aug 2025

The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We remain deeply concerned at the lack of fuel supply in Gaza, which puts vital services such as water desalination at risk. On 18 July, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair...