Irish Examiner View: Israel has rebranded as terror state

Lebanese soldiers and firefighters gather outside a mobile shop after what is believed to be the result of a walkie-talkie exploding inside it, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Wednesday, September 18. Picture: Mohammed Zaatari/AP

By now we are accustomed to saying that the level of savagery in Gaza has reached a new nadir, unfortunately.

That level differs for people. For some it may be the targeting of hospitals by the Israeli defence forces, or that organisation killing aid workers. For others it may be the deaths of dozens of children in Gaza from malnutrition, or the appearance of polio in the area.