Thank you for contacting me about the situation in Gaza. Gaza’s humanitarian situation remains deeply concerning. The difficulties are exacerbated by restrictions on movement and access to the Gaza strip.
I am assured that the UK regularly raises with the Government of Israel the urgent need to ease all access and movement restrictions on Gaza, in accordance with International Humanitarian Law. Ministers and officials continue to stress the damage that these restrictions are doing to the living standards of ordinary Palestinians in Gaza, and that supporting legal trade for Gazans is firmly in Israel’s long-term interests.
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