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Occupied Territories: Health Professions

Commons · Question 83566 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

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Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Israel on the release of medical personnel detained in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 29 Oct 2025

The Foreign Secretary and I have continued to raise concerns with the Israeli Government about the detention of Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Mr Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr Marwan al-Hamas. Last week, officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv lodged a request for...