Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 3
3
Accepted
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Deconfliction system for aid workers in Gaza is failing, causing harm.
Conclusion
The deconfliction system, whereby organisations notify the Israeli military about where they are going to be working and distributing aid, is not working, and aid workers have been killed and injured in their duties.
Government Response Summary
The government states Israel must ensure aid availability and open more crossings, while detailing its own specific actions to increase aid delivery. These include announcing military and civilian support for a maritime aid corridor and conducting multiple RAF airdrops.
Paragraph Reference:
26
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
20. As the occupying power in Gaza, Israel must ensure that humanitarian aid— including food, water and shelter—is available to people in Gaza. Israel needs to open more crossings, for longer, with fewer restrictions on what is allowed in. We welcome Israel’s commitments to increase aid access made from 2 April, and want to see them met now. 21. The UK is doing everything we can to get more aid in as quickly as possible: • On 6 April, the UK announced a package of military and civilian support to set up a maritime aid corridor to Gaza, including the deployment of a Royal Navy ship to join the life-saving mission in the Eastern Mediterranean. • The ship, alongside new UK aid and British expertise, will support the establishment of an international humanitarian maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza, supported by many of our partner governments and the UN, and is expected to be operational in early May. • As of 25 April, nine RAF airdrops have delivered 84.6 tonnes of aid, including ready-to-eat meals, water and rice, along the northern coastline of Gaza. Conclusion/