Updated: 12 May 2021, 10:33
MINISTER for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has called for a ceasefire now between Israel and Hamas as violence escalates towards a full-scale war .
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Smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi compound in Gaza CityCredit: AFP or licensors
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Damaged vehicles after a rockets attack, at the city of Holon near Tel Aviv yesterdayCredit: EPA
At least 35 people have died in Gaza and five in Israel after the horror airstrikes - including 10 civilians.
Coveney wrote on Twitter: Ireland worked with other like minded countries last night to insist on an emergency UN Security Council session today (2pm Irish time) as Israel-Hamas violence escalates.
The fighting was triggered by violence in Jerusalem, and at least 35 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, mostly by airstrikes. At least five people in Israel have also been killed, while hundreds more have been wounded as a result of the conflict.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney told the Israeli Ambassador at a meeting on Tuesday that the loss of life in Gaza was âcompletely unacceptableâ.
Ambassador Ophir Kariv had been summoned to meet with the Minister after Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza, killing a number of militants and civilians. The Israeli military said that 16 of the dead were militants.
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