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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has said the UK is deeply worried" by the methods Israel has employed" in an IDF military operation in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement on Friday morning, an FCDO spokesperson said:

The UK is deeply concerned by the ongoing IDF military operation in the occupied West Bank.

We recognise Israel's need to defend itself against security threats, but we are deeply worried by the methods Israel has employed and by reports of civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.

We inherited a Tory housing crisis.

Too few homes have been built.