Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist conjoined twins born to Palestinian parents at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza to access specialist treatment in Israel.

​While we have no plans to assist with this specific issue, officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv and Consulate General in Jerusalem have raised our concerns recently with the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority (PA) respectively over the situation in Gaza. Israeli hospitals do treat Palestinian patients following referrals from the PA. Where referrals have been made, we continue to encourage the Israeli authorities to grant permits to allow greater Gazan access to critical healthcare.