Dáil debates

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Estimates for Public Services 2023

Middle East

4:20 pm

Photo of Mick BarryMick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The Israeli army has files on the vast majority of potential targets in Gaza, including homes, which stipulate the number of civilians who are likely to be killed in an attack on a particular target. The magazine +972 ran an article on 30 November based on conversations with seven current and former Israel Defense Forces intelligence operatives. I began with one of the quotes, and here is another:

"Nothing happens by accident," said another source. "When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed — that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target.

One operative said the Habsora system, which is an artificial intelligence system that identifies targets, enables the army to run a "mass assassination factory". This is a genocide. The Taoiseach is not doing enough. The Government is not doing enough and the Taoiseach is not doing enough. Where is the action? It is a bloody disgrace. Where is the action, Taoiseach?

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