Israel announced on Sunday it would shut its mission in the Irish capital because of what Israel's Foreign Minister called 'extreme anti-Israel policies.'
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00:00Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris has called Israel's decision to close its embassy
00:06in Dublin deeply regrettable. But he also said his government wouldn't change its position
00:12on how the war in Gaza is being fought. Israel announced on Sunday it would close its mission
00:17in the Irish capital because of what officials called extreme anti-Israel policies.
00:22I will push back very strongly against any attempt by any country to misrepresent Ireland's
00:28mission. Ireland is not anti-Israeli, but Ireland is absolutely anti-disturbation of
00:35children, is absolutely anti-killing of civilians and is absolutely pro-peace, pro-international
00:42law and pro-human rights.
00:45Meanwhile, Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza's largely isolated north as the
00:50Palestinian death toll approaches 45,000. One airstrike hit the Qalila Wada school in
00:56the town of Beit Hanoun and killed at least 15 people, according to nearby Kamal Adwan
01:01Hospital where casualties were taken. And in Gaza City, at least 17 people, including
01:06six women and five children, were killed in three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering
01:11displaced people.
01:13Israel's military said in a statement that it struck a terrorist cell in Gaza City and
01:17a terrorist meeting point in the Beit Hanoun area. The war in Gaza began after Hamas stormed
01:23southern Israel on the 7th of October last year, killing 1,200 people and taking around
01:29250 others hostage.