Coveney: EU needs to be more influential actor in ending 'horrors in Gaza'

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney spoke during Dáil statements on the violence, saying the EU needed to act and remember that the violence was 'in our neighbourhood'

People inspect the rubble of a destroyed residential building which was hit by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Picture: AP /Adel Hana

The EU needs to be a "much more influential actor" in its role in ending the violence between Israel and Palestine, the Dáil has heard.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney made the comments during Dáil statements on the violence, saying the EU needed to act and remember that the violence was "in our neighbourhood".