The Committee to Protect Journalists has reported that, as of yesterday, the number of journalists killed since the start of the present escalation of the conflict in Gaza stands at 23. Three have been killed by Hamas and 20 have been killed by Israeli forces. Eight others are reported injured, and three are missing or detained. At a time when we are flooded with vast amounts of propaganda and falsehoods emanating from official Israeli Government sources, uncritically carried, often without property scrutiny, by various media outlets across the world, it has never been more important that journalists can operate freely in a conflict zone without being targeted by security forces. Sadly, it is evident, not least when one considers the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh last year by the IDF and its subsequent preposterous denial, that Israeli forces are targeting those reporting on the truths on the ground in Gaza. Given that the first casualty of war is truth, they are achieving this by killing journalists. Will the Government call out this behaviour?

It is a reasonable question, but I cannot imagine that anybody in this House, let alone the Government, would in any way countenance the killing of journalists. Of course we condemn that - absolutely. In response to what the Deputy said, however, I must point out that we have seen a fair bit of propaganda from a number of different sources in this conflict. It is very hard to get reliable information at the moment. We saw a classic case of that with the attack on al-Ahli hospital last week. It is becoming increasingly evident, not just from US sources or British sources but from trusted bodies such as BBC Verify, for example, that there is a very high possibility that it was a Palestinian rocket that landed in the car park of the hospital, not an Israeli airstrike. We do not know that for sure, but that does seem to be a view that is at least backed by evidence.