Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian and healthcare situation in Gaza; and what representations, if any, they have made to the government of Israel regarding the reported systematic targeting of civilians and critical infrastructure.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic, and reports of continued destruction of health infrastructure, civilian detentions and deaths are deeply troubling. It is unacceptable that northern Gaza now has no fully functioning hospitals after strikes on Kamal Adwan hospital resumed this week. On 5 November, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Middle East raised the UK's grave concerns that Kamal Adwan continues to come under fire with the Israeli Ambassador. This Government has been clear that Israel must do much more to protect civilians and humanitarian workers, including the medics northern Gaza desperately needs. The Foreign Secretary raised this with the then Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, on 28 October. We continue to work with our international partners including at the UN to put pressure on Israel to show the world it is complying with international humanitarian law.