The Israeli Ambassador to Ireland, Dr Zion Evrony, said today that the decision to expel an Israeli official over the use of fake Irish passports in the assassination of a Hamas official was "regretted".

Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has today requested the withdrawal of a member of staff at the Israeli Embassy in Dublin.

THE Government will today kick out an Israeli diplomat over the use of forged Irish passports in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai.

AN internal Israeli investigation into the state’s deadly raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla “will not suffice”, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has said.

THE Israeli ambassador to Ireland has been heavily criticised after withdrawing from an Oireachtas committee hearing today into the flotilla raid in which nine people were killed.

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Micheál Martin is expected to recommend the expulsion of an Israeli embassy official over the use of forged Irish passports in an assassination in Dubai.

A decision on whether to expel an Israeli embassy security worker from Ireland over the use of fake passports in a secret service assassination has been delayed, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin today revealed

A further forged Irish passport was used by a team of assassins who murdered a senior Hamas official in Dubai, it was revealed tonight.

Diplomats were today investigating reports that two more Irish passports were linked to a team of assassins who murdered a senior Hamas official in Dubai.