Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

Jeremy Corbyn Excerpts

Thursday 12th November 2026 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Doughty]

I share my hon. Friend’s horror at the reports coming in overnight, and we have been attempting to get clarity on the situation there. A hit on a medical facility, after so many doctors, humanitarian workers and others have lost their lives, been injured and been put at risk by the actions in Gaza, is absolutely appalling. I have heard the appalling experiences of a number of doctors in recent weeks. I assure my hon. Friend that all of our arms exports are kept under constant review, and we are convinced that we have the right measures in place to ensure that they are done in accordance with the law.

[Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Your Party)]

Almost 2 million people are now forced into 30% of the Gaza strip. Israel continues to bombard them, to allow them to die and to refuse aid going in. How is the British Government’s aid going to get there, and what sanctions will the Minister place against Israel, as the illegal occupying power of the Gaza strip, for its refusal to allow it in? Will the Minister, for once, make it absolutely clear that there is no further military or security co-operation whatsoever with Israel because of its behaviour in the west bank and its killing of almost 100,000 people on the Gaza strip?

[Stephen Doughty]

I was very clear about what needs to happen on Gaza: we need to get all that crucial aid in. The aid that we have provided has made a difference, but it cannot make the difference that we wish it to have, and all items cannot get in, because of the blockages we have seen. The right hon. Gentleman rightly points to Israel’s responsibilities as an occupying power. It needs to adhere to them—there are clear legal grounds for that—and we will continue to urge it to do so. I have been very clear about the position we have taken on arms exports and the number of licences that we have refused and revoked. We will continue to keep all those under constant review.