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<p>The UK fully supports the need for an independent and transparent investigation
into events in Gaza since the start of the Great March of Return in March 2018. We
have repeatedly stressed to Israel the importance of using proportionate force, and
the specific need to protect journalists, medics and children. The UK is committed
to the promotion of media freedom and the protection of journalists, as an essential
element of democracy. Officials from the British Consulate in Jerusalem and our Embassy
in Tel Aviv hosted a roundtable in April with foreign journalists serving in Israel
and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to discuss this issue.</p>
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