Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Having obliterated northern Gaza, massacring thousands of Palestinians, including children, Israel now intensifies its assault on southern Gaza. Palestinians are being pushed into an area one third the size of the Gaza Strip. People ordered to evacuate now have literally no place to go. They have no food, no water and no safety.

It is a humanitarian disaster. The Taoiseach used the words "disproportionate" and "counterproductive" to describe the bombardment of Gaza and the slaughter of civilians and children. I suggest that more appropriate language is "savage", "depraved" and "criminal", as the international community continues to watch all of this unfold. Given that the Government's position is for a full and permanent ceasefire, as the Taoiseach has articulated, what is he doing now to arrive at that result? The Taoiseach set out earlier what he cannot do. Can the Taoiseach inform the House of what he is doing and what he can do?

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