Tánaiste warns of worsening situation in West Bank alongside the 'horrors' of Gaza 

Violence by Israeli settlers and armed forces in the occupied West Bank included the incident on June 28 in Hebron when Israeli military forced Palestinian shop owners to close their shops and expelled them from the area. Picture: Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty

The world cannot ignore the deterioration of conditions in the West Bank amid focus on the genocide in Gaza, the Dáil has been told.

In less than nine months, Israel has demolished more Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, over building permits than in the whole of last year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said yesterday as the Dáil heard statements on the situation in Gaza.