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Claudia Savage

Dodds warns of ‘severe consequences’ if UNRWA aid is obstructed by Israel

There will be ‘very severe consequences’ if the work of Gaza’s primary aid agency is obstructed, Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds has said (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Archive)

Israel obstructing the work of Gaza’s primary aid agency will have “very severe consequences” on the humanitarian situation facing the region, Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds has said.

During an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Dodds faced calls from both sides of the House to sanction Israeli ministers involved in the implementation of two new laws that could see the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) banned from operating on Israeli soil.

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