Question follow-through · 67990

Hussam Abu Safiya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart calling for the immediate unconditional release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from custody.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 15 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 21 Jul 2025
Answer: 6 Aug 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart calling for the immediate unconditional release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from custody.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Aug 2025
Answer published
I remain deeply disturbed by the ongoing detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and other medical staff from Gaza. We continue to call on Israel to clarify the reasons for the detention of Dr Abu Safiya and other medical personnel, and to allow the Internation...

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