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Gaza: Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on surveillance flights over Gaza in the last month.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on surveillance flights over Gaza in the last month.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Since December 2023 the Ministry of Defence has conducted surveillance flights within the airspace over Israel and Gaza, solely for the purpose of locating hostages. I am unable to comment further on detailed intelligence matters.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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