Tánaiste warns of 'untold suffering' if Israel escalates war on Gaza

Simon Harris was responding to Israel's plan to capture the entire Gaza strip amid the 'despicable and unconscionable' humanitarian crisis

Palestinians struggle for food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza, earlier today. Ireland's Tánaiste and foreign affairs minister said what was happening in Gaza was already a 'humanitarian catastrophe'. Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

A further expansion of the Israeli war in Gaza would cause further “untold suffering” for the Palestinian people, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said.

On Monday, Israeli officials indicated that Israel’s cabinet has approved plans to capture all of the Gaza strip and hold it for an unspecified amount of time.