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A tearful Palestinian woman standing in a doorway with her hand in her mouth as she watches the aftermath of an Israeli strike that hit Gaza City's southern al-Zeitoun neighbourhood

Israel's Gaza City plan 'must be halted immediately' - UN

The Israeli government's plan for a full-scale military takeover of Gaza will cause more deaths and suffering and must be halted immediately, the United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said.

Middle East • 09 Aug 25

Planes drop aid packages by parachute amid Israeli attacks as the Palestinians flock to the area where the humanitarian aid packages land over western Gaza City

Israel wants to take control of Gaza, says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating, almost two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave.

Middle East • 07 Aug 25

Palestinians rush to retrieve aid packages parachuted during an airdrop over Nuseirat in central Gaza

Israel orders army to execute govt decisions on Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced pushback from the head of the military over his proposal to seize remaining areas of Gaza it doesn't already control during a tense three-hour meeting, three Israeli officials have said.

Middle East • 06 Aug 25

Palestinians carry aid in northwestern Gaza

Gaza war expansion risks 'catastrophic consequences' - UN

A top UN official has warned that expanding Israeli military operations inside Gaza risks "catastrophic consequences," as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly considered total occupation of the Palestinian territory.

Middle East • 06 Aug 25

Palestinians try to collect free food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, Gaza

Israel to decide next steps in Gaza after talks collapse

Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet this week to decide on Israel's next steps in Gaza following the collapse of indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas, with one senior Israeli source suggesting more force could be an option.

Middle East • 04 Aug 25

Palestinians fill their water canisters from an aid truck to provide water while Israel's brutal and destructive attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip continue

'Incredible destruction' of people in Gaza - Higgins

President Michael D Higgins has called on the United Nations Security Council to do more for the people of Gaza.

Middle East • 03 Aug 25

GAZA CITY, GAZA - AUGUST 01: Palestinians, including children gather with cooking pots to receive hot meals distributed by a charitable organization in the Al-Ansar area of western Gaza City on August 1, 2025. The food distribution comes amid severe hunge

Mood shifts on Israel-Gaza, but will it bring change?

France, the UK and Canada announced they would recognise the State of Palestine as pressure around the world over starvation in Gaza mounts, but will the shift in mood bring change?

Analysis and Comment • 02 Aug 25

A young girl tries to get the attention of a charity distributing meals to Palestinians amid severe food shorages in Gaza

'Children cannot eat symbolism' - Gazan on food shortages

Most people in Gaza are eating just one meal a day, with many collapsing from hunger, a Palestinian businessman inside the enclave has said.

Middle East • 01 Aug 25

Steve Witkoff and Mike Huckabee leave a helicopter in Gaza en route to an aid site

US envoy Witkoff visits Gaza food distribution site

US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff has visited an aid distribution site in Gaza run by the American privately owned Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Middle East • 01 Aug 25

A male wheelchair user holds a bag of flour as Palestinians, struggling with hunger, receive limited amount of flour at humanitarian aid distribution point at Zikim border crossing in Gaza

US envoy Witkoff to enter Gaza, inspect aid distribution

US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will enter Gaza tomorrow to inspect aid distribution and meet with residents of the territory.

Middle East • 31 Jul 25

Image shows US politician Bernie Sanders sitting at a desk

US Senate rejects bids to block arms sales to Israel

Two resolutions that would have blocked arms sales to Israel in response to civilian casualties in Gaza have been blocked in the US Senate, although they garnered more support than similar measures earlier this year.

World • 31 Jul 25

A malnourished baby wrapped in a blue blanket receives treatment at Nasser hospital in Gaza

'We need everything' - inside a Gaza malnutrition ward

On the pink walls of Nasser hospital's child malnutrition ward, cartoon drawings show children running, smiling, and playing with flowers and balloons.

Middle East • 30 Jul 25

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference

Canada to recognise state of Palestine in September

Canada intends to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney has said.

Middle East • 30 Jul 25

Palestinians gather at an aid distribution point in Gaza

Israeli forces kill at least 30 seeking aid in Gaza

There is "not a shred of evidence" that aid in Gaza is being withheld by Hamas, according to Executive Director at UNICEF Ireland Peter Power.

Middle East • 30 Jul 25

Two malnourished boys sit on the floor of a tent, one boy is being held by a woman, in Gaza

"Ní fhacamar a leithéid an céad seo" - rabhadh gorta in Gaza

Tá rabhadh tugtha ag saineolaithe atá faoi choimirce na Náisiún Aontaithe go bhfuil Gaza i riocht gorta, tráth a bhfuil sé ráite ag an roinn sláinte sa dúiche go bhfuil líon na marbh bailithe thar 60,000 duine tar éis beagnach 22 mhí de chogaíocht.

Nuacht • 29 Jul 25

A group of men holding several banners and flags that read 'stop arming Israel' in front of a grey arch

Legal action over weapons transport within Irish airspace

A legal challenge to the use of Irish airspace for flights transporting weapons to Israel has been lodged at the High Court.

Courts • 29 Jul 25

'Unlike anything we have seen' - famine warning for Gaza

Gaza is slipping into famine, UN-backed experts have warned, as the health ministry in the territory said the death toll in the nearly 22-month war had surpassed 60,000.

Middle East • 29 Jul 25

A young girl cries out as she is pushed against a fence by crowds hoping to receive food at a charity in Gaza

Jewish groups say they 'cannot keep silent' on Gaza

A number of Jewish organisations in Israel and elsewhere, have condemned the ongoing war in Gaza amid harrowing scenes of acute hunger and death amongst its population.

Middle East • 29 Jul 25

Silence on Gaza will be 'moral failure', says President

President Michael D Higgins has urged his European counterparts to call for action on Gaza and said "failure to take an initiative will be rightly construed as a moral failure".

Middle East • 28 Jul 25

A teenage boy is held by a woman who is crying as another woman sites beside them in Khan Younis, Gaza

Israeli rights groups brand Gaza campaign 'genocide'

Israeli rights groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel have said that they had concluded the war in Gaza amounts to "genocide" against Palestinians, a first for Israeli NGOs.

Middle East • 28 Jul 25

Attendees stand during a moment of silence during a ministerial high level meeting during the United Nations conference on a two state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, at UN headquarters on July 28, 2025, in New York City. Ever since the partitio

Delayed UN meeting to discuss two-state solution begins

A delayed conference to promote the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine has opened at the United Nations in New York.

Middle East • 28 Jul 25

Two young boys are seen pressed against a metal fence holding pots trying to receive food in Gaza City

Hunger must never be 'weapon of war' - UN chief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said food must not be used as a weapon of war amid a severely deteriorating crisis in Gaza, whose population of more than two million is facing famine and malnutrition.

Middle East • 28 Jul 25

Keir Starmer seen meeting Donald Trump at the White House (file photo)

Starmer to press Trump over stalled Gaza truce talks

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to press US President Donald Trump on the revival of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas as the UK prepares to join efforts to airdrop aid into Gaza.

Middle East • 27 Jul 25

A plane drops boxes of aid from a height with parachutes attached

25 tonnes of aid dropped into Gaza amid IDF 'pauses'

Israel has said it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates air-dropped supplies into the enclave, where images of starving Palestinians have alarmed the world.

Middle East • 28 Jul 25

A group of doctors stage a protest wearing personal protective clothing in Dublin with Palestinian flags behind them

'Healthcare workers starving to death,' Gaza rally hears

Healthcare workers led hundreds of demonstrators opposing the ongoing war in Gaza in a silent march through Dublin city centre.

Ireland • 26 Jul 25

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Israel's Gaza City plan 'must be halted immediately' - UN

Israel wants to take control of Gaza, says Netanyahu

Israel orders army to execute govt decisions on Gaza

Gaza war expansion risks 'catastrophic consequences' - UN

Israel to decide next steps in Gaza after talks collapse

'Incredible destruction' of people in Gaza - Higgins

Mood shifts on Israel-Gaza, but will it bring change?

'Children cannot eat symbolism' - Gazan on food shortages

US envoy Witkoff visits Gaza food distribution site

US envoy Witkoff to enter Gaza, inspect aid distribution

US Senate rejects bids to block arms sales to Israel

'We need everything' - inside a Gaza malnutrition ward

Canada to recognise state of Palestine in September

Israeli forces kill at least 30 seeking aid in Gaza

"Ní fhacamar a leithéid an céad seo" - rabhadh gorta in Gaza

Legal action over weapons transport within Irish airspace

'Unlike anything we have seen' - famine warning for Gaza

Jewish groups say they 'cannot keep silent' on Gaza

Silence on Gaza will be 'moral failure', says President

Israeli rights groups brand Gaza campaign 'genocide'

Delayed UN meeting to discuss two-state solution begins

Hunger must never be 'weapon of war' - UN chief

Starmer to press Trump over stalled Gaza truce talks

25 tonnes of aid dropped into Gaza amid IDF 'pauses'

'Healthcare workers starving to death,' Gaza rally hears

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