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Habiba Al Askari

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on the case of Habiba Al Askari.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
21 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on the case of Habiba Al Askari.

  2. 21 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The case of Habiba Al Askari is tragic and underlines why we need to see more medical evacuation routes open during the first phase of the ceasefire. While we have not discussed this individual case with Israel, we engage routinely on the importance of ad...

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