Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law in the context of the conflict in Gaza.

Following a review of Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law, we took decisive action on 2 September, suspending all the export licences that we assess might be used by the Israeli Defense Forces for military operations in Gaza: around 30 licences. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, and I have raised issues of International Humanitarian Law compliance on several occasions with the Israeli government. With mounting civilian casualties and hundreds of thousands of displaced people, all parties must do everything possible to protect civilians and fully respect International Humanitarian Law. We continue to urge Israel to fulfil its promise to flood Gaza with aid, and to permit immediate and unfettered access for the International Committee of the Red Cross to detention centres. Ministers will continue to raise these issues due with urgency with the Israeli Government.