PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Israel (8 July 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what condolences the UK has offered to Israel following the discovery of the bodies of the three murdered teenagers, Naftali Freikel, Gilad Sha'ar and Eyal Yifrah.

Asked by:
Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) issued a statement on 30 June, following the discovery of the missing Israeli teenagers saying that his prayers and thoughts were with the families of the teenagers. Our Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, attended the funeral.

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) expressed his deepest sympathies to the families and to all Israelis as they mourned this sad loss.

Answered by:
Mark Simmonds (Conservative)
15 July 2014