Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 67403

Gaza: Famine

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 August 2025

Question

Kate Osamor

Labour (Co-op)Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Defense for Children International – Palestine's report entitled Starving a generation: Is

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
We are appalled by the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where famine is now unfolding, as confirmed by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on 29 July. This is unacceptable. While the Israeli Defence Forces' "tactical pauses"...

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