Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a reasonable question, but I cannot imagine that anybody in this House, let alone the Government, would in any way countenance the killing of journalists. Of course we condemn that - absolutely. In response to what the Deputy said, however, I must point out that we have seen a fair bit of propaganda from a number of different sources in this conflict. It is very hard to get reliable information at the moment. We saw a classic case of that with the attack on al-Ahli hospital last week. It is becoming increasingly evident, not just from US sources or British sources but from trusted bodies such as BBC Verify, for example, that there is a very high possibility that it was a Palestinian rocket that landed in the car park of the hospital, not an Israeli airstrike. We do not know that for sure, but that does seem to be a view that is at least backed by evidence.

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