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HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsThe Foreign Secretary has clarified his comments on the occasion to which the hon. Gentleman refers, and he will know well from his own background that a long-standing policy of…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend is right: the hostages must be released, and Hamas can play no role in the future of governance of Gaza. Their role, which was correctly described by the shadow…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for mentioning Ditza. I too met her, and Avinatan’s sister, recently. Those two incredibly strong women are doing absolutely everything that…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for sharing that story in the Chamber. I know that many Members of this House have received similar stories over the last few days, and indeed have…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend has seen events in Gaza with her own eyes, and I know from all her work before she came to this place how committed an advocate and an actor she has been for those…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsAs you would expect, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will confine my comments to the discussions that we have, rather than the policy of other allies. But my hon. Friend, who has raised…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI hope the House is under no doubt about the urgency with which myself, the Foreign Secretary and the whole ministerial team treat these issues. I think I have already answered…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI can assure my hon. Friend, who has been a doughty campaigner on these issues, that we have raised both the risks of returning to war and indeed the settlements he refers to…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI recognise the hon. Lady’s remarks. The sense of hopelessness must be acute in Gaza, and I say to all those watching in the region that the UK will continue to do everything it…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy constituents in Lincoln have strong views about the horrors they see, and I know many constituents right across the country are writing to their Members and strongly expressing…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI think the hon. Gentleman is trying to return to the question asked by the Liberal Democrat Member. To be clear, on the determination of crimes, we leave that to courts. On the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend asks me about the advisory opinion of the ICJ. We accept that the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal and have been clear about…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI can confirm that we want to see all the hostages returned and a reconstruction plan for Gaza based on the Arab initiative, with the full involvement of the region—a…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI do not believe that I am in a position to confirm the current number of British nationals in Gaza as aid workers, but if I am, I will write to the hon. Member.02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend has served both in our military and as an aid worker. He knows well and feels strongly, as do many in this House, the agonies of what we are seeing. We have…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI agree with the right hon. Gentleman: of course Israel has the right to legitimate self-defence consistent with international humanitarian law. Concerns about the risk of a…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsMy hon. Friend asks an important question. I recognise that, for constituents in Walthamstow and elsewhere, questions of international law may seem very arcane when we are faced…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI have been accused of many things, but not of embroidering, so if there is any doubt, let me be clear: the position to which I stick at the Dispatch Box on the determinations of…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsI am grateful for the opportunity to comment on particular cases involving constituents in Gaza. My hon. Friend works incredibly hard for her constituents, as do many other…02 Apr 2025HANSARDGaza: Israeli Military OperationsWe are doing everything we can. I recognise from the commentary of many Members how unbearably frustrating they and their constituents find this situation. I have been calling for…02 Apr 2025