Taoiseach says Israel’s Gaza blockade 'clearly constitutes a war crime'

Micheál Martin and Simon Harris condemn aid blockade and reaffirm Ireland’s commitment to a two-state solution for peace

Palestinians, holding pan including children, create a stampede to get hot meals, distributed by charitable organizations to displaced Palestinians amid Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel's fifty-plus-day blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza "clearly constitutes a war crime", the Taoiseach has said.

There must be an immediate resumption of unhindered humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, and at an unprecedented scale, as Gaza moves closer to a hunger crisis, Micheál Martin said.