Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
(asked on 15th May 2024) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will hold discussions with his Israeli counterpart on taking steps (a) following recent and (b) to help prevent future attacks on aid convoys by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
Answered by
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 21st May 2024
Attacks by extremists on aid convoys en route to Gaza are appalling. The Foreign Secretary raised his concerns with Israeli Minister Gantz on 16 May.
On 3 May, the Foreign Secretary announced new sanctions on extremist groups and individuals for inciting and perpetrating settler violence in the West Bank