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Israel continues Rafah strikes after dozens killed in Sunday bombing - BBC News Israeli tanks in the heart of Rafah amid intense shelling of city - BBC News
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Rushdi Abualouf Ireland is the latest country to officially recognise a Palestinian state, joining Norway and Spain who did the same this morning.
BBC News Gaza correspondent "The government recognises Palestine as a sovereign and
Eyewitnesses and local journalists in Rafah have reported that Israeli tanks have seized control of al-Awda roundabout in the heart of the city. independent state and agreed to establish full diplomatic
This roundabout is a key landmark housing major banks, government institutions, businesses, and shops. relations between Dublin and Ramallah," a statement said.
The Israeli army's takeover of the roundabout, located just half-a-kilometre from the Palestinian-Egyptian border on the southern side, was marked by intense artillery shelling. An Irish ambassador will be appointed to the state of Palestine "along with a full Embassy of Ireland in Ramallah", it said.
A witness, who sought refuge with family members at the Emirati Hospital in the city's west side described how soldiers positioned themselves at the top of a building overlooking the square and began shooting at any movement in the area. Irish PM Simon Harris said that a two-state solution "is the only way
for Israel and Palestine to live side by side in peace and
security".
This morning he said there was a "new despicable and disgusting trend" where the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu describes deaths of Palestinian civilians "a 'tragic mistake'".
Harris was speaking after Israeli strikes killed on a refugee camp killed at least 45 people in Rafah on Sunday, which Netanyahu said was a “tragic mishap” but vowed to continue the war against Hamas.
"April's 'tragic mistake' was the bombing to death of aid workers trying to provide food to starving mouths, May's 'tragic mistake', yesterday, was children being blown to death while seeking protection in a displaced centre," Harris said.
"What will June's 'tragic mistake' be? And more importantly what does the world now intend to stop it happening?"
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