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Ireland says attack on northern Gaza is a ‘war crime’

October 14, 2024 at 12:38 pm

Irish Foreign minister Micheal Martin attends a joint press conference with his German counterpart at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, on January 18, 2024. [MICHELE TANTUSSI/AFP via Getty Images]

Ireland’s Tánaiste (deputy prime minister), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence has described Israel’s attack on northern Gaza as “a war crime”. Micheál Martin said that the international community must use every lever at its disposal to put pressure on Israel to stop this war.

Martin described the scenes in Jabalia as “horrific” in a statement on Sunday, adding: “An offensive by the Israel Defence Forces, backed by tanks and air strikes, has left dozens of civilians dead, many close to starvation, and access to humanitarian aid extremely curtailed. An entire population is being encircled and forced out, with nowhere for them to go.”

For the ninth consecutive day, the Israeli occupation forces have continued their crimes and genocidal war against the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Indeed, the Israeli occupation army, supported by the US and Europe, has continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip for 373 days, with its aircraft bombing hospitals, schools, places of worship and homes of Palestinian civilians, destroying them over the heads of their residents. They also prevent the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel.

The ongoing aggression by the occupation on Gaza has killed at least 42,227 Palestinians, wounded more than 98,464 others and displaced 90 per cent of the population, according to data from the UN.

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