Tánaiste Simon Harris joins international allies urging Israel to lift Gaza aid blocks

Palestinian children carry jerrycans after collecting water from a distribution point in Gaza City. Picture: Jehad Alshrafi/AP

Tánaiste Simon Harris has joined Britain, Australia and other European states in calling on Israel to allow unrestricted aid into Gaza, describing the humanitarian suffering as “unimaginable”.

In a joint statement signed by the foreign ministers of 24 countries, they said famine is “unfolding before our eyes”.