Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning reports of its firing on agricultural land and fishing boats during October.

We are not aware of incident(s) in October involving Israel Defence Forces (IDF) firing on fishermen or over agricultural land in Gaza, but continue to monitor the situation. The IDF has demarcated a 6-mile radius at the western nautical border.

The demarcation of the northern border is not as clear to fishermen and this border area is the site of many incidents. During Operation Protective Edge, we raised our concern with the IDF several times over incidents in which fishermen were reportedly shot. The IDF maintained that the Israeli Navy fired only warning shots into the air when the fishermen ventured over the nautical border.