Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Overnight Israel bombed a school at Khan Younis, killing 25 people. This follows on from a prior Israeli strike against a school over the weekend that killed 16 people. The terrible total is now at four schools bombed in the past four days. A medical journal, The Lancet, said last week that even if the conflict were to end immediately, there would continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable and non-communicable disease. Over the last eight months, Israel has laid waste to Gaza killing 37,396 civilians, including more than 14,000 children. The Lancet reports that the death toll could be multiples of this. Ursula von der Leyen has been true to her word at the outset of the conflict when she offered Israel unconditional support. She has refused a request of our Government, alongside that of Spain, to review Israel's compliance with its humanitarian obligations under the EU-Israel association agreement. I have spoken to the Taoiseach about the need to deal with other states from the point of view of getting this reviewed. The Taoiseach has endorsed Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as President of the European Commission. Will the Taoiseach outline to the House the formal response he has received from the European Commission to his request?

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