Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The horrific killing is continuing in Gaza with reports of 29 more people, including several children, killed overnight in Gaza City by Israeli bombardment. The Gaza Strip lies in ruins with no sign of any renewal of the ceasefire. I support the calls for an independent international inquiry arising from the cold-blooded killing of 15 humanitarian workers at the end of March in Gaza who were buried in a shallow grave and found a week later. We should remember that the Israeli military said first that they were militants and then had to change its story after a video emerged of the emergency workers in their uniforms and their clearly marked ambulances which were fired upon. This is yet more evidence of clear crimes against humanity by Israel. We are seeing children, journalists, aid workers and medics all being slaughtered and no humanitarian aid has entered the Gaza Strip in over a month. More than 1 million children have no access to food, safe water, shelter and medical supplies. Will the Taoiseach back calls for an international inquiry into that specific horrific killing of the humanitarian workers? What more can Ireland do to push for aid to enter the Gaza Strip?

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