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Gaza

Global March to Gaza

Paul Murphy calls on Harris to 'put pressure' on Egyptian authorities after release from detention

14 Jun

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Global March to Gaza

TD Paul Murphy and other Irish activists detained while trying to cross Egypt for March to Gaza

Several dozen Irish activists are among the thousands who travelled to Egypt for the march but face major hurdles trying to reach the border.

Updated 13 Jun

29.1k

Rafah crossing

Paul Murphy: Why I've joined thousands from around the world on a march to Gaza

Paul Murphy

13 Jun

5.6k

Catholic Church

Irish Catholic bishops accuse Israel of ‘genocidal actions’ and 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza

13 Jun

4.1k

Ambassador to Israel

Palestinian state should be established in 'a Muslim country', US ambassador Mike Huckabee says

12 Jun

13.6k

Israeli State Bonds

Central Bank governor says Genocide Convention applies to Irish State, not Central Bank

Updated 11 Jun

19.9k

Gaza

At least 31 killed and 'about 200' wounded by Israeli fire at Gaza food distribution site

11 Jun

6.7k

Sanctions

Two Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK for ‘inciting extremist violence’

10 Jun

7.6k

warning

'The next 4 or 5-year-old kids will be ours' - Guardiola on Gaza

10 Jun

6.2k

madleen crew

Greta Thunberg arrives in France after deportation from Israel

The crew of the Madleen were taken from the boat when the Israeli military seized the vessel yesterday.

Updated 10 Jun

30.8k

food as weapon

Hunger in Gaza: When starving babies is the strategy, not just the outcome

Dr Clare Patton

Updated 10 Jun

6.8k

FactCheck

Debunked: Chinese aircraft flying over the pyramids in Egypt were not delivering aid to Gaza

10 Jun

178

Commission of Inquiry

Israel committing war crimes by attacking Gaza schools and religious sites, UN experts say

10 Jun

2.9k

Gaza

Activists including Greta Thunberg docked in Israel after troops took control of Gaza aid boat

Tánaiste Simon Harris described the aid boat as a ‘powerful symbol of the urgent and essential need to end the blockade on humanitarian aid’.

Updated 9 Jun

56.2k

Dáil Éireann

Opposition calls for ‘vote of conscience’ on Israeli 'war bonds' ahead of cross-party motion

9 Jun

7.3k

Rafah crossing

Dozens of Irish people among group set to march from Cairo to Gaza amid aid blockade

9 Jun

9.9k

freedom flotilla

Israel's defence minister orders military to prevent activist aid ship from reaching Gaza

8 Jun

19.1k

gaza strip

Four killed by Israeli fire near aid point, Palestinians say

8 Jun

3.2k

Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Activist aid ship Madleen reaches Egyptian coast as it heads for Gaza

Updated 7 Jun

14.5k

Gaza

Israeli forces kill at least 36 Palestinians, says Gaza civil defence agency

A spokesperson said six people were shot dead near a US-backed aid distribution centre.

The body of Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta was recovered from the Rafah area of Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas.

7 Jun

14.7k

Explainer

A new organisation has taken over Gaza food distribution with disastrous results - who's behind it?

7 Jun

11.2k

Gaza

Israeli-backed Gaza aid sites closed as IDF issues evacuation warnings ahead of attack

6 Jun

4.7k

WHO warning

Gaza's health system 'collapsing' as Israel plans to block access to two major hospitals

5 Jun

4.5k

High Court

Gerry Adams to donate €100k libel payout to charity and defends claim he 'put manners on the BBC'

5 Jun

29.1k

Kibbutz Nir Oz

Israeli forces recover bodies of two hostages taken on 7 October

5 Jun

8.7k

Palestine

US vetoes UN ceasefire resolution as aid centres closed again today in Gaza

The GHF said its centres would be closed today “due to maintenance and repair work being done at the sites”.

Aid centres run by a US and Israeli-backed organisation remain closed today.

At least ten people were killed by Israeli strikes this morning.

5 Jun

3.2k

Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Flotilla: If we don't act now, we'll be complicit in the annihilation of the Palestinian people

Lynn Ruane

Updated 4 Jun

11.4k

Palestine

UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza not passed after US veto motion

The Red Cross earlier denounced the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for closing its aid centres in the territory today.

Updated 4 Jun

11.7k

Gaza

Trinity College votes to divest from Israeli organisations and universities

4 Jun

11.6k

Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Israel vows to 'protect' maritime space as Gaza-bound aid boat reports drones overhead

1 hr ago

8.5k

Washington DC

BBC defends its Gaza coverage after criticism from the White House

1 hr ago

19.8k

Palestine

Israeli-backed aid sites in Gaza to close for one day as UN calls attacks at hubs a 'war crime'

At least 27 people have died after the Israeli military opened fire on “suspects” who moved towards them at the sites.

Updated 15 hrs ago

21.1k

Israel

Israeli troops open fire close to Gaza aid site, killing three, say officials

Updated 2 Jun

6.4k

West Bank

Irish activist arrested in West Bank faces deportation by Israeli authorities

2 Jun

32.9k

Drones

Israeli army says it did not open fire on crowd at US-backed aid hub in Gaza

Updated 1 Jun

28.2k

Aid Blockade

Palestinians block and empty dozens of UN food lorries in Gaza Strip following Israeli blockade

31 May

7.7k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Wait a minute, the British Army did WHAT to Irish civilians?

Carl Kinsella

31 May

15.5k

Northern Gaza

UN warns all of Gaza at risk of famine as far-right Israeli minister calls for 'full force'

30 May

10.9k

Tánaiste says Israel is committing genocide during bad-tempered Dáil spat with Catherine Connolly

Connolly claimed that the Irish government are waiting for “the morally corrupt EU” to take action on Israel.

Updated 29 May

25.3k

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West Bank

Israel announces plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank

29 May

6.3k

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