Question follow-through · 6280
Gaza: Air Force
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether information from Israeli sources has been used to inform the operation of surveillance flights conducted by the RAF over Gaza since 1 December 2023.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Gaza: Air Force · 30 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether information from Israeli sources has been used to inform the operation of surveillance flights conducted by the RAF over Gaza since 1 December 2023.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The unarmed UK surveillance aircraft are employed for the sole purpose of increasing our chances of locating the hostages. We are unable comment further on detailed intelligence matters for operational security reasons.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Gaza: Air Force
30 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what name has been given to the operation of RAF surveillance flights over Gaza; and what the cost of this operation was in the period between October 2023 and October 2024.