Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 33533

Hussam Abu Safiya

Tabled: 25 February 2025

Answered: 6 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the (a) arrest and (b) detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya in Israel.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

We are concerned by the reports of the detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and others. I have raised this case with both Israel's Ambassador to the UK, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Haskel. Israel must allow medical staff to carry out their work unimp...

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