Irish Palestinian tells of losing 16 family members in three days

Miriam Mofeed pictured in happier times. She says: 'So far they’ve only dug out one of my cousins, Fatma Mokhallalati, a retired Gazan high court judge, from the rubble. The rest we know are dead but they’re still under the building.' 

Irish Palestinians are becoming ever more fearful for the lives of their loved ones in Gaza as Israel prepares to launch what could be a devastating land incursion with the aim of eliminating Hamas entirely.

With Palestinians in the strip under an evacuation order from the Israeli government mandating that more than a million people must depart the north of the territory ahead of the invasion amid a blockade on fuel, water, and electricity, contact with those left behind is becoming increasingly difficult.