‘Stop horror of history,’ says President Higgins as Israel moves to ban aid agency

President Michael D Higgins has said it is “time to stop this horror of history” after Israeli legislators passed laws that could threaten the work of the main UN agency providing aid in Gaza.

He called on all EU and UN member states to make “clear” their support for UNRWA and repeated his calls for a ceasefire and for the hostages to be released.

The Government has raised strong concerns about what Israel’s efforts to sever ties will mean for the already limited flow of aid to civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

“100,000 people in northern Gaza, the majority women and children, are effectively trapped with no safe place to go to. Two of their three hospitals are destroyed and one is under siege,” Mr Higgins said in a statement.

“Older people are dragged from their hospital beds and the extraordinarily brave medical staff who have stayed with the most vulnerable are paying with their lives and the threat of arrest.”

He added: “Silence from those who…

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