Department rejects claim that Ireland refused to call Hamas a terror organisation

Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion into Israel over the weekend which was met with an Israeli response that has left nearly 1,200 people dead across both sides

Smoke rises after the Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Picture: Fatima Shbair/AP

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has said a claim that Ireland refused to call Hamas a terror organisation is "categorically false".

Israeli-based iNews24 made the claim on Sunday in a tweet that said the EU "wanted to issue a harsher statement but Luxembourg, Ireland and Denmark refused to call Hamas a terror organisation", crediting a diplomatic source.