Work underway on 'substantial' aid package for Gaza, says Tánaiste

Ireland has provided over €95m in support to the people of Palestine since January 2023

Buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations  the northern Gaza Strip. Ireland has joined the Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority (PA), a group established in response to the 'urgent and unprecedented financial crisis confronting the PA'. Picture Ariel Schalit/AP

Ireland will have to commit millions of euro in further aid to Gaza, Tánaiste Simon Harris will tell the Cabinet today.

The Tánaiste will tell ministers that work is underway on a further "substantial" aid package from Ireland. It follows the announcement on Monday that the Government will provide an additional €6m in humanitarian aid for people in Gaza, as UN and humanitarian agencies prepare to ramp up aid supplies following the newly-agreed ceasefire.