Israel has described allegations it's committing genocide in Gaza as "fake news".
It's been accused by Amnesty International of deliberately trying to wipe out the Palestinian population by launching "deadly attacks", destroying vital infrastructure, and preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The human rights group claims the actions of Israeli forces are not a justified response to last year's October 7th attacks by Hamas.
Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer completely rejects the claims.
“This is a classic example of anti-Semitism,” he said.
“It is Holocaust inversion – the crimes committed against my people; Israel are now in turn being accused of this same crime.”
Munitions flown through Irish airspace
Amnesty International has also said it's been unable to independently verify if flights carrying weapons for use by Israel passed through Irish airspace.
Executive Director of Amnesty, Stephen Bowen said if planes carrying weapons did travel through Irish airspace, as reported, it would be shocking development.
“We have not independently verified here at Amnesty International whether those overflights have paid weapons for Israel – but I think everyone in Ireland will be truly shocked if Irish sovereign airspace has been used for the transportation of weapons to use in Israel's genocidal war effort,” he said.
Reports that three Israel-bound aircraft carrying tonnes of munitions travelled through Irish sovereign airspace this year were published in August by The Ditch website.
It said the flights passed through Irish sovereign airspace on February 1st, 2nd and 27th.
The website said the flights carried detonating fuses, teargas primers, ammunition primer and explosive charges.
The reports came after then Taoiseach Simon Harris insisted over the summer that “no sovereign airspace” was being used to transport weapons to the conflict in the Middle East.
Main image: A UNRWA member inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp, 14/05/2024. Image: Imago / Alamy Stock Photo
