# Middle East
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This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
Middle East
Netanyahu says Israel ‘will make our decisions ourselves’ as UK and German ministers visit Tel Aviv
Updated
17 Apr
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Gaza
Harris' first EU Council: Taoiseach to urge leaders to use 'every lever' to bring about ceasefire
Christina Finn
reports from Brussels
17 Apr
4.0k
IDF
Israel promises response to Iranian drone and missile attack as Iran warns against it
Updated
16 Apr
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UNIFIL
Ireland to increase number of peacekeepers deployed to south Lebanon to beef up security
16 Apr
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Middle East
'War is no joke': Iranians torn between pride and concern after attack on Israel
14 Apr
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escalation
Iran attacks Israel: US warns against 'wider war', G7 condemns strikes
Hundreds of missiles and drones were intercepted with the help of the United States, the UK and allies.
World leaders are seriously alarmed at the 'unprecedented escalation' represented by the large-scale attack.
Iran's army has said that the attack 'achieved all its objectives' and that it has 'no intention to continue' the operation.
US President Joe Biden reiterated Washington's 'ironclad' support for Israel after an urgent meeting on the spiralling crisis.
Updated
14 Apr
38.8k
Middle East
Tom Clonan: After Iran's attack on Israel, the 'world now holds its breath'
14 Apr
21.7k
Simon Harris
Taoiseach condemns Iran’s 'reckless' attack and urges 'all sides' to show restraint
14 Apr
8.5k
Iran launches drone and missile attack against Israel, warns US to 'stay away' from conflict
Iran has said the attack involves “dozens of missiles and drones at specific targets”.
An Israeli official said "more than 100 UAV drones launched towards Israel from Iran".
Blasts have been heard in the skies above Jerusalem early Sunday morning.
US and UK media have reported that both nations have been involved in Israel's defence.
Updated
14 Apr
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Last week
7th April 2024 - 13th April 2024
Middle East
Israel pounds Gaza while US says it will send reinforcements to deter any attack by Iran
US President Joe Biden said he expected Iran to attempt to strike Israel soon but warned against any retaliation for the 1 April strike on its Damascus consulate.
13 Apr
7.2k
Voices
Opinion: Israel's treatment of innocent Palestinians is reminiscent of humanity's darkest days
Bobby McDonagh
8 Apr
10.5k
Last month
March 2024
Voices
Opinion: Israel's actions in Gaza have weakened our humanity — a ceasefire must come now
Karol Balfe
26 Mar
4.5k
Podcast
The Explainer: What challenges are Irish troops facing in an unstable Middle East?
6 Mar
2.0k
This year
2024
Middle East
Thousands told to evacuate largest hospital in south Gaza as 9 dead after Israel strikes Lebanon
14 Feb
8.4k
Voices
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Updated
12 Feb
12.0k
Middle East
US vows 'very consequential' response after military members killed in Jordan drone strike
Updated
29 Jan
16.3k
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Middle East
Three US military members killed and more than 20 injured in drone strike on Jordan base
28 Jan
17.1k
Voices
Holly Cairns: Ireland has long advocated for the Palestinians - we can't let them down now
Holly Cairns
23 Jan
8.3k
Voices
Kittens & Current Affairs: 'Try not to look away from a world in flames, no matter how tempting'
Bobby McDonagh
21 Jan
11.4k
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Middle East
Sister of UK citizen being held hostage by Hamas says 'there is no more time'
14 Jan
23.9k
Middle East
US carries out fresh strike in Yemen, UK warns Iran to 'cease' Houthi support
The fresh strike comes after the Houthis warned of further attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
13 Jan
15.8k
Gaza
Antony Blinken meets head of Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to bombard Gaza
Mahmud Abbas spoke with Blinken of the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank”.
Palestinian Authority currently exercises limited rule in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
Netanyahu is not known to have shifted his position on reviving talks for a Palestinian state.
Blinken has called for "more food, more water, more medicine" to be delivered to Gaza.
10 Jan
19.0k
Gaza
Israel agrees for UN mission to assess north Gaza situation, says Blinken
The US diplomat says the IDF is entering a “lower intensity phase” in Gaza.
Updated
9 Jan
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Middle East
UN says Gaza is now 'uninhabitable' as Western diplomats make trips to Middle East
The death toll in Gaza now stands at least 22,722 people, most of them women and children.
In Khan Younis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) evacuated its staff and their family members from the area around the Al-Aqsa hospital
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Turkey today at the start of his fourth regional tour since the conflict began.
In a statement on Saturday, the Gaza health ministry said it had recorded more than 120 deaths over the past 24 hours.
Updated
6 Jan
16.3k
Gaza
Micheál Martin warns of ‘devastating consequences’ for the world if Middle East conflict widens
6 Jan
16.5k
Middle East
Funeral of Hamas leader in Beirut as Blinken heads for Middle East amid wider conflict fears
Tensions have surged with Lebanon, where a strike in Beirut on Tuesday, widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel, killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri.
Aruri was killed in the south Beirut stronghold of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
The Israeli military, in its campaign to destroy the Islamist militant group, has reported more strikes in and around Gaza City.
Updated
4 Jan
13.5k
Middle East
At least 103 people killed and 211 wounded in bombings in Iran at ceremony near general's grave
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “evil and criminal enemies” of the country for the attack and vowed a “harsh response.”
Updated
3 Jan
57.8k
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Middle East
Hezbollah leader warns Israel against waging war on Lebanon as fears rise of wider conflict
Hamas’s number two Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to "avoid any escalatory attitude".
Updated
3 Jan
23.1k
Last year
2023
Voices
Opinion: We are living in difficult times – but we must not give up hope
Karol Balfe
Updated
28 Dec 2023
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