Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of fuel tankers being hijacked at the Kerem Shalom crossing on humanitarian aid delivery into Gaza.

The deteriorating security situation in Gaza after 15 months of conflict has been very concerning. Humanitarian actors including UN agencies must be able to carry out their vital work safely and effectively. We welcome reports that aid is now entering Gaza safely and at scale. Israel must now continue to work with partners to ensure law and order is reestablished in Gaza so that safe distribution of aid across the Gaza strip is sustained. The UK is also pressing Israel to increase the flow of aid from Jordan and Egypt, alongside more commercial goods from Israel, the West Bank and neighbouring countries.