Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 5
5
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Prioritise urgent discussions with Israel to improve deconfliction and increase security for aid workers.
Conclusion
The UK Government must prioritise urgent discussions with the Israeli authorities to speed up security and improve the deconfliction systems so that aid workers can operate more safely. The UK Government should lead discussions with the international community to increase security for aid workers in the region.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government deflected the recommendation, discussing Gaza's economic recovery and reconstruction planning with the World Bank and UN agencies, rather than addressing aid worker safety and deconfliction systems.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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15. The Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister have underlined the need for Israel to ensure effective deconfliction in Gaza, and to take all possible measures to ensure the safety of medical personnel and facilities. 16. The killing of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) personnel on 1 April only intensified our concerns about the humanitarian situation, protection of aid workers and issues of targeting and deconfliction. We need to see a fundamental change on the ground. 17. As the Foreign Secretary has said, we are carefully reviewing the initial findings of Israel’s investigations into the killing of WCK aid workers and welcome the suspension of two officers as a first step. These findings must be published in full and followed up with a wholly independent review to ensure the utmost transparency and accountability. Their inquiry so far has highlighted the inadequate processes and the unacceptable conduct of the IDF personnel involved. This must never happen again. 18. Aid workers should never be targeted. Over two hundred aid workers have been killed in this conflict to date, more than any in one year in any other conflict globally. Israel must do much more to protect them and to ensure their safety so they can deliver urgently needed lifesaving humanitarian assistance. 19. The Foreign Secretary has been clear that guaranteed deconfliction for aid convoys and other humanitarian work is essential. Conclusion/
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