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HANSARD Israel and GazaAs I said, we continue to assess Israel’s commitment and capability to comply with international humanitarian law. Those assessments are supported by a detailed evidence base,…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaAs I have repeatedly said to the House, the issue of arms sales is dealt with in a legal and coded way. The Government have no intention of varying from that process. It has been…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaRegardless of the accuracy of those final comments, there is no doubt at all, as I set out in my earlier responses, that the IPC report says that “famine is a very real scenario”.…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaWe have already increased funding significantly, including to UNRWA. The hon. Member will know that Britain is not at the moment in the position of having to make that decision,…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe right hon. Gentleman has put his finger specifically on the treatment of detainees. As he will be aware, the treatment of detainees is governed by international humanitarian…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe hon. Lady says that people are starving in Gaza. Everyone agrees that that is the case. The issue is what we can constructively do to bring about an end to the very worrying…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe hon. Lady will be aware that Britain has consistently condemned settler violence. We have made it clear that we expect those responsible to be caught, arrested, tried and…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe right hon. Gentleman has served at a senior level in government and knows what Governments do and do not publish. However, he can rest assured that when we receive advice on…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaWe are always in receipt of legal advice, and we act on it. When we receive it, we take the necessary steps, as the hon. Lady would expect. In the first part of her question, the…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe hon. Gentleman will have seen the evidence that has been put before the international community, and will know that it was sufficiently strong for the head of UNRWA to…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe hon. Gentleman says that his constituents are heartbroken by what is happening; we are all heartbroken by what is happening. The issue is what we do about it. I have set out…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe House will understand that the issue of a policing force inside Gaza is premature. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments about Hamas and for what he said about deploring…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaAs I have set out, in the IDF—as in the British military—the issue of targeting is, unusually, governed by legal advice. Lawyers are embedded with the people who are making those…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI repeat that these decisions are not made at the whim of a Minister standing at the Dispatch Box. They are made in the normal way through a proper legal and coded practice. The…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaAs I have set out several times, we are doing all we can to make sure that the necessary food and resources get into Gaza, so the point that Save the Children makes in the…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI completely agree with the sentiments that my hon. Friend expresses so profoundly. He is right that every single mechanism must be explored, but he will know that the amount of…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThe hon. Gentleman and I both share the desire that people should not go hungry in Gaza. That is why the Government, along with our allies, are working so hard to get more food…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI thank my hon. Friend for her comments about my colleague Lord Ahmad, the Minister for the Middle East, which I will pass on to him. In respect of international humanitarian law,…19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaThere would be, I think, very serious doubt about the term “deliberate starvation”, so I am unable to give a yes or no answer to the hon. Lady’s question.19 Mar 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI completely agree with my right hon. and learned Friend, which is why trying to get the hostages home and out of Gaza, and trying to get food in, are absolutely our twin…19 Mar 2024