 British activist Thomas Hurndall is in a coma after being shot last month |
British MPs are considering an investigation into events in the Middle East, including the shootings of a British activist and cameraman.
The move follows a spate of shootings by the Israeli army of foreign peace activists and journalists in the Palestinian territory the Gaza Strip.
One British activist, 22-year-old Thomas Hurndall, remains in a coma after being shot in the head last month.
And British journalist James Miller was shot dead on Saturday while making a documentary.
Donald Anderson, of the Commons International Relations Committee, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the committee was considering an investigation into events in the area.
"This problem of the British citizens who get caught up in it is obviously an important detail," he said.
"It is absolutely right that when such incidents occur we insist - that is, our government insists - that it be fully investigated and if necessary be ready to make the strongest protest."
Mr Hurndall's father Anthony told Today he wanted Israel to do more to investigate such shootings.
"We would like to have full co-operation in carrying out our own initial investigation ourselves, which we haven't received," he said.
"We would like to meet with those responsible to find out from them their view of what had happened.
Inquiry urged
"I've carried out my own inquiries with all the others involved, but for some reason the Israeli Defence Forces have refused to meet with us outright."
The Israel Defence Force said in a statement it "deeply regrets" Mr Hurndall's shooting and had launched a "full investigation".
 The Israeli Defence Forces have refused to meet with us outright  |
It added that "whilst fully aware of the grave dangers" Mr Hurndall still chose to enter a closed military zone.
"In so doing he endangered not only himself but also the lives of others," the statement said.
On Thursday Foreign Office minister, Mike O'Brien, met the Israeli ambassador to London to demand a military police investigation into Mr Miller's death.
A post-mortem on the 34-year-old journalist, held on Thursday, showed that he was shot in the front.
Gaza ban
This appeared to contradict Israel's previous claim that he had been hit in the back - implying that he must have been shot by Palestinians.
The news comes as relatives of two Britons suspected of carrying out the Tel Aviv bombing appeared in court in the UK.
The wife, brother and sister of Asif Mohammed Hanif - who died in the explosion - were remanded in custody on terrorism charges to appear at the Old Bailey at a later date.
Israel has begun to crack down on the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), with whom Mr Hurndall was working, following the bombing.
Israel has alleged there is a link between the group to the two suspects after it emerged they had attended a memorial service for one of its members.
The Israeli army has begun ordering all foreigners entering the Gaza Strip to declare they are not ISM activists.
The visitors must also sign a waiver absolving the army from any responsibility if it shoots them, and are banned from certain flashpoint areas.
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