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2023
Israeli army bombs scores of targets in Gaza as diplomats press on with efforts to halt fighting
As places for people to go continues to shrink, international outrage has mounted over the rising death toll.
Updated 21 Dec 2023
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Netanyahu & the American Evangelicals: 'They wage war in our country, then celebrate Christmas'
Updated 21 Dec 2023
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More than 20,000 dead in Gaza since 7 October, Hamas says
Some 8,000 children are among the dead.
The UN Security Council is set to vote later today on a resolution calling for a pause in the conflict.
It is estimated that 1.9 million of Gaza's 2.4 million residents have been displaced.
Updated 20 Dec 2023
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Irish Palestinians plead for government help to get loved ones out of Gaza
19 Dec 2023
UN postpones vote on calls for ceasefire in Gaza for second time
19 Dec 2023
Israel continues to bomb Gaza as it faces accusation it is 'starving' Palestinians
The UN Security Council is to vote today on a new resolution calling for an “urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities” in Gaza.
The health ministry in Gaza says more than 18,800 people have been killed in Israel's campaign in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday again vowed to "fight until the end".
Updated 18 Dec 2023
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Killed Israeli hostage's brother says army 'abandoned and murdered' him
17 Dec 2023
Israel says it has found large tunnel at Gaza border, raising pre-war intelligence questions
17 Dec 2023
Several European foreign ministers urge ceasefire but Netanyahu is ‘committed as ever’ to war
17 Dec 2023
Norwegian ship hit by 'unidentified object' in Red Sea shortly after BP suspends operations
18 Dec 2023
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Killed Israeli hostage's brother says army 'abandoned and murdered' him
17 Dec 2023
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Israel says it has found large tunnel at Gaza border, raising pre-war intelligence questions
17 Dec 2023
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Pope deplores deaths of mother and daughter reportedly killed by Israeli army in Gaza parish
Updated 17 Dec 2023
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Several European foreign ministers urge ceasefire but Netanyahu is ‘committed as ever’ to war
Updated 17 Dec 2023
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Three hostages killed by Israeli troops were 'shirtless and carrying white cloth', IDF confirms
Updated 16 Dec 2023
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'Please bring him back': Wife of Irish citizen trapped in Gaza pleads for his safe return
16 Dec 2023
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Israeli army recovers the body of French-Israeli hostage
15 Dec 2023
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Senior US official visits Israel to discuss 'timetables', as nine soldiers killed in ambush
The army has continued to meet heavy resistance in an offensive against Hamas that has drawn international outrage.
14 Dec 2023
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Israel says it will press on with Gaza offensive 'with or without international support'
13 Dec 2023
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Biden says Israel is ‘losing support’ over ‘indiscriminate bombing’ campaign
13 Dec 2023
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Tom Clonan: Gaza has become hell on earth, while the world just watches
Tom Clonan
Updated 12 Dec 2023
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Overwhelming majority of countries at UN General Assembly backs demand for ceasefire in Gaza
The vote comes as Israeli forces continued to battle Hamas militants today and bombed more targets in the devastated Gaza Strip.
The UN estimates 1.9 million of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced by the conflict, half of them children.
The Gaza health ministry updated the death toll in Gaza to 18,412, mostly women and children.
Updated 12 Dec 2023
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'It's unconscionable': Politicians to boycott US ambassador’s Christmas party over 'Israeli bombardment'
12 Dec 2023
Israel to carry out examinations of relief supplies entering into Gaza
12 Dec 2023
'It's unconscionable': Politicians to boycott US ambassador’s Christmas party over 'Israeli bombardment'
Updated 12 Dec 2023
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Israel continues bombing in south Gaza as Hamas issues warning over lives of hostages
Israel had urged civilians to seek refuge in the far south, but the army has kept striking targets throughout the territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas to "surrender now" after his national security advisor claimed the army had killed 7,000 militants.
The Gaza health ministry has said Israeli bombardment has killed at least 18,205 people, mostly women and children.
The UN General Assembly will meet tomorrow to discuss the humanitarian crisis.
Updated 11 Dec 2023
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Qatar 'continuing' to try renew war truce as US sends more tank ammunition to Israel
10 Dec 2023
Israeli hostage allegedly killed in Gaza amid failed rescue operation
9 Dec 2023
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire
8 Dec 2023
Israel forces squeeze Gaza's main cities as UN Security Council to consider urging ceasefire
The council is under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to back an immediate ceasefire after weeks of war.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said Ireland will co-sponsor the resolution on Gaza before the UN Security Council today.
Weeks of fighting have left 17,177 people dead in Gaza, according to the latest toll from Hamas which rules the coastal strip.
Updated 8 Dec 2023
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Heavy urban fighting rages around Gaza's biggest cities as today marks two months since 7 October attack
7 Dec 2023
UN chief uses rare power to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza
7 Dec 2023
Heavy urban fighting rages around Gaza's biggest cities as today marks two months since 7 October attack
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked a rare measure to seek a ceasefire, sparking anger from Israel.
The death toll has soared to 17,177 according to the Gaza health ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops had closed in on the Khan Yunis home of Hamas's Gaza chief.
Air strikes also rained down on Rafah city in the far south, near the Egyptian border.
7 Dec 2023
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UN chief uses rare power to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza
7 Dec 2023
Taoiseach: 'EU far too passive for far too long over Middle East conflict'
6 Dec 2023
UN chief uses rare power to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza
7 Dec 2023
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'Deepening horror' condemned as Israel carries out attacks in Gaza's second-largest city
Israeli forces have pushed civilian populations further south in the continued conflict.
The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory's south.
Israeli troops, tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers have rolled into Khan Yunis in the south.
Dozens of people were killed and injured in heavy strikes on areas east of Khan Yunis yesterday, Hamas said.
Updated 6 Dec 2023
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UN warns Gaza to become 'even more hellish' as Israeli troops continue to push south
5 Dec 2023
Documents retrieved from Hamas by Israel reveal 7 October attacks were planned years in advance
5 Dec 2023
Taoiseach: 'EU far too passive for far too long over Middle East conflict'
6 Dec 2023
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UN warns Gaza to become 'even more hellish' as Israeli troops continue to push south
Updated 5 Dec 2023
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International concern deepens over civilian death toll as Israel expands offensive in Gaza
4 Dec 2023
Documents retrieved from Hamas by Israel reveal 7 October attacks were planned years in advance
The devices and documents were discovered by Israeli intelligence officers.
5 Dec 2023
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Israel resumes fighting in Gaza, with airstrikes and artillery fire reported as truce expires
Updated 1 Dec 2023
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Israel and Hamas agree to a day-long extension to ceasefire as eight more hostages are released
Updated 30 Nov 2023
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Two dead and eight injured after shooting in Jerusalem
30 Nov 2023
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Mediators working to extend truce as Israel army investigates Hamas report of baby hostage death
Updated 29 Nov 2023
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Five premature babies found dead in Gaza hospital, says region's health ministry
29 Nov 2023
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Emily Hand could only whisper after being released by Hamas, her father says
29 Nov 2023
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Israeli President says Ireland needs to 'admit the truth' about conflict in Gaza
29 Nov 2023
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More hostages to be released as extended truce between Israel and Hamas enters fifth day
28 Nov 2023
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Israel and Hamas agree two-day extension to Gaza truce as 11 more Israeli hostages freed
Updated 27 Nov 2023
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Hamas releases 17 more hostages as 39 Palestinian prisoners freed
26 Nov 2023
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Varadkar responds after Israel summons Irish ambassador over his ‘lost and found’ comment in Emily Hand statement
Updated 26 Nov 2023
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Emily Hand - the 9-year-old Irish-Israeli girl held hostage by Hamas - has been released
25 Nov 2023
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13 Israeli hostages to be freed 'tonight' for 39 Palestinians, mediator says
Updated 25 Nov 2023
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Hamas frees first group of hostages as Gaza truce takes hold
Updated 24 Nov 2023
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