Tánaiste Micheál Martin has described the Israeli strikes on a refugee camp in Rafah last night, in which dozens of people were killed, as 'barbaric'.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has described the Israeli strikes on a refugee camp in Rafah last night as"barbaric".Mr Martin was speaking during a joint news conference in Brussels with his Spanish and Norwegian counterparts this morning, ahead of tomorrow's recognition by the three governments of the State of Palestine.
He held bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of Egypt and Bahrain, as well as the Palestinian foreign minister on the margins of the meeting. EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has invited Arab prime ministers to the meeting to discuss the Arab Peace Initiative, which is closely linked to the recognition issue.
Irish Ambassador to Israel Sonya McGuinness was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jerusalem on Friday and reprimanded.Before any discussions, they were shown a previously unaired video of Hamas taking female army conscripts captive on 7 October last year.
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