With permission Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

On the ground, it is unimaginably bleak.

Horrifying images and accounts will be seared into the minds of colleagues across this House.

They are almost impossible to put into words.

But we can and must be precise with our language.

Because on 22 August, the UN-backed IPC mechanism confirmed what we are witnessing:

Famine. Famine in Gaza City.

Famine in its surrounding neighbourhoods, now spreading across the wider territory.

Famine which, unchecked, will spiral into widespread starvation.

Madam Deputy Speaker, this was foreseen.

The terrible conclusion of the obstacles we have warned about for over six months.

Since 1 July, over 300 people have died from malnutr

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