Around 35-40 Irish passport holders remained in the territory on Sunday.
Ireland’s deputy leader has said there is no evidence his Government’s criticism of Israel is hindering efforts to get Irish citizens out of the Gaza Strip.
The Taoiseach conceded that Israel would not consider Ireland a close friend or ally, as it has a different stance on Palestine than most western countries. Mr Martin stopped short of repeating Mr Varadkar’s reference to “revenge”, but he described the situation in Gaza as “appalling” and said war crimes could have been committed.“We certainly could be watching war crimes unfolding. The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction, its prosecutors made that clear, in the Middle East. And I believe there should be full accountability for what is happening here.
“The anger and the right of Israel to take on Hamas and to address the Hamas challenge, yes, they have that right,” he said.“But it’s the pursuit and the manner and the methodology I think people are questioning. You cannot take all the civilian population along with that. You can’t make calculations that ‘if I get one Hamas commander, it’s OK to take out 100 civilians’.”
In Dublin on Sunday, a horse-drawn hearse carrying a coffin filled with children’s shoes led a protest procession that passed the US and UK embassies and the European Commission offices.
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