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Reference:
2025/1221
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Question by:
Alex Wilson
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Meeting date:
22 May 2025
On March 30th, you stated in a broadcast Eid message on X that the Israeli military had killed more than 50,000 Gazan civilians including more than 15,000 children. What was your source in the region for these figures? Since Hamas, which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK, has since acknowledged that 72% of deaths have been combat-aged men, could you either provide the details of your alternative information source and confirm your confidence in that source or confirm that you accept the data referred to by Hamas and confirm when you will make a public correction?