Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the Israeli Ambassador on her comments during a radio interview with LBC regarding the extent of the Israeli operation in Gaza.

We continue to engage closely and regularly with a range of senior Israeli officials. We continue to call for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) to be respected and civilians to be protected. There must be a reduction in civilian casualties. Israel must act within IHL and we want to see Israel take greater care to limit its operations to military targets and avoid harming civilians and destroying homes.