President Higgins receives an update on the situation in Gaza and warns against further extension of the bombing campaign.
President Higgins received an update on the situation last night in a phone call with Dr Mike Ryan of the(WHO). Dr Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme, detailed the situation in Gaza , as the recorded death toll in the conflict passed 27,000. President Higgins warned that any further extension of the bombing campaign into what is a densely populated area to which so many have fled “would leave any respect for humanitarian law in tatters”.
“The suggestion that such a development take place and be watched in near silence is a suggestion that removes all morality from any stated position of public concern for the most basic of human right
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