HEALTH WORKERS IN GAZA

Early day motion 2604, tabled 15 July 2019 by Alex Sobel (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 31 members.

That this House condemns the killing of healthcare workers in Gaza and in particular the recent killing of Gaza paramedic Mohammed al-Jedaili, the fifth Palestinian health worker to be killed by Israeli forces in just over a year; notes that according to the World Health Organisation more than 750 health workers in Gaza were also injured between 30 March 2018 and 31 May 2019; and calls on the Government to take diplomatic steps to ensure that medical workers in Gaza can perform their humanitarian functions without risk of attack and to request an investigation which complies with international standards of independence, impartiality, promptness, thoroughness, and transparency into those deaths.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Scottish National Party 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Independent 2, Labour/Co-operative 2, Conservative 1, Green 1, Liberal Democrat 1.