A second group of students from Gaza have arrived in Ireland this morning to begin their studies at four universities here.
The 14 students are the latest to be evacuated from Gaza in an operation supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
They got out of Gaza on Wednesday night and travelled by bus into Jordan and on to its capital, Amman.
From there they flew to Istanbul in Turkey and from there travelled to Dublin on a Turkish Airlines flight that touched down this morning.
Three weeks ago, 50 students from Gaza arrived in Ireland in three groups on flights over three days.
All of the evacuations are the result of a complex and sensitive operation which took place over a number of months and involved securing permission to leave Gaza and transit through Israel from the Israeli authorities, as well as entry permissions from Jordan.
Ireland has taken a lead among European countries in its efforts to bring students from Gaza to Ireland.
It has offered visas to, and managed the evacuation of, more students than any other European country, according to sources close to the operation.
Leaving Gaza on Wednesday night, alongside the students coming to Ireland were 33 others who have secured places at UK universities but who had been waiting for news of how they might get out. This group of students will become the first to have been evacuated by the UK since the current war began.
The Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Further and Higher Education, and a number of universities have all been working over the summer months to get the students out of Gaza and to ensure they are supported in Ireland both financially and otherwise.
As was the case with the last groups, the young people arriving today were expected to be taken airside to a special facility where their health needs could be assessed and supported.
In an operation led by Trinity College, 11 Irish universities have been involved.
They include SETU, UCD, UL and Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, University of Galway, Maynooth University, ATU, RCSI, TU Dublin and DCU.
