Israeli Retaliation in Gaza Breaches International Law — Ireland’s Leader

The Irish leader said Israel faces legitimate threats as a nation “surrounded by these brutal, savage, groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, countries like Iran, often supported by Islamic fundamentalists and anti-Semites around the world”.

He, however, called the on-going airstrikes on Gaza deeply concerning and said, “cutting off power, cutting off fuel supplies and water supplies — that’s not the way a respectable democratic state should conduct itself.”

“I believe by targeting civilians and by cutting off civilian infrastructure, that is a breach of international humanitarian law,” Varadkar said.

AFP