To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of Palestinians who have left Gaza since 12 June as a result of the violence and change in administration there; and if he will make a statement. (148961)

We have made no estimate of the number of Palestinians who have left Gaza since 12 June. However, the Palestinian Centre of Human Rights estimates that 600 Palestinians have tried to leave Gaza for the west bank since 12 June. On 16 and 17 June, Israeli authorities allowed approximately 150 Palestinians to travel to the west bank. The Israeli authorities also allowed a few Palestinian patients to travel to Israel to receive medical treatment through the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.