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Gaza: Surveillance

Asked by Brian LeishmanLabourMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 57144

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) lost, (b) deleted and (c) otherwise destroyed any surveillance footage taken by Royal Air Force planes over Gaza since December 2023.

Answered by Luke Pollard

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 57027, and reiterate that I cannot comment on detailed intelligence matters nor disclose details of Ministry of Defence internal policies for the storage and retention of operational intelligence.

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