Irish PM says Gaza is 'hell on earth'

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Irish PM says Gaza is 'hell on earth'  Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation in Gaza ‘hell on earth’. He told The Europe Conversation that Israel is committing war crimes, and criticised the EU’s lack of response. Food and medicine have been blocked from entering the besieged area for almost 60 days.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/08/irish-pm-accuses-israel-of-committing-war-crimes-in-gaza  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The Irish Prime Minister, Michael Martin, has described Gaza as hell on earth

00:05and criticized the EU's lack of response to the humanitarian situation in Gaza

00:10and reiterated calls to reopen the EU-Israel Association agreement.

00:16The Prime Minister met with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

00:20to discuss this as well as the ongoing trade war with the U.S.

00:25Speaking with Euronews, he said Ireland condemns Hamas' terrorism

00:29and wants all the hostages kidnapped by Hamas released,

00:33but says Israel's war has lost its moral compass.

00:36It's quite shocking what is now happening within Gaza

00:40to have an effective blockade for 50 days and more, 60 days maybe now,

00:46in terms of food, in terms of the essentials of life, the bare necessities of life.

00:51In my view, it must be considered a war crime.

00:55And I don't say that easily.

00:57I want the resolution.

00:59We want the restoration of the ceasefire.

01:01We want the release of all hostages.

01:02Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on October 7th of 2023.

01:09In my view, it was shocking to take people as hostages.

01:12These were innocent people at a concert in their kibbutz.

01:16I went to Kibbutz Beirut myself to see at first hand the impact of the horrific Hamas attack on Israel.

01:25And that was shocking and horrible.

01:27And I've condemned it from the outset, and I went there to show empathy with the people who had been attacked.

01:32So all those, I mean, the hostages should have been released a long time ago.

01:35But the war that has been waged in response, in my view, has lost any moral compass at this stage

01:43in terms of its unacceptable impact on the civilian population and on children.

01:50Israel described in the past the Irish policy as extreme anti-Israeli.

01:55You can watch the whole interview next Tuesday on the Europe Conversation.

01:59And I'll see you next time.

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