Ireland 'cannot accept' collective punishment of Gaza's population, Tánaiste warns

Speaking in Cork, the Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said: 'It simply isn't feasible that a million people can move out of a city in 24 hours'

Palestinians evacuate wounded after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Photo: AP/Hatem Ali

Ireland "cannot accept the collective punishment of an entire population", Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said, as he called for Israel to rescind its order for 1.1 million people to evacuate north Gaza.

Speaking in Cork, the Foreign Affairs Minister said that "it simply isn't feasible that a million people can move out of a city in 24 hours" and that "two wrongs don't make a right", referring to Israel's retaliation to Hamas' attacks.