Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by UN Women, The cost of war in Gaza on women and girls, published on 17 April, what assessment they have made of (1) the findings of that report that women and girls represent more than half of fatalities in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, and (2) how that figure compares with the proportion of deaths of women and girls in previous conflicts.

We read the UN report with great concern. The finding that more than 38,000 women and girls have been killed in the conflict is both devastating and appalling. Through our humanitarian and early recovery programmes, we are addressing the specific needs of women and girls as a priority, for example by supporting trusted humanitarian partners to expand protection and gender-based violence response services. We are clear that the Government of Israel must fully abide by its obligations to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza, in accordance with international law.