Last year, Rafah was home to approximately 250,000 people. Now, 1.5 million people are in Rafah because Palestinians were told to go there as they would be safe. Yesterday morning, Israeli airstrikes targeted Rafah, killing dozens of people. The targeting of Rafah is a massive escalation of Israel's invasion of Gaza that requires a change in approach by our Government. What actions is the Government taking as a result? The Taoiseach mentioned he contacted the European Commission President on the EU-Israel trade agreement. Will he update us? What happened during the conversation? What will the Government do next?

We will continue to do what we have done to date, namely, use our voice and vote at the UN and EU in support of the Palestinian people and increase funding for agencies, such as UNRWA, when other countries have suspended their funding.

We are working with other countries on the possibility of statehood recognition. We have clearly called for the EU-Israel Association Agreement to be on the table because we believe Israel may have breached the human rights clause. We will continue doing all of these things and we will also continue to call for both Israel and Hamas to accept the ceasefire proposal on the table, and I strongly encourage both sides to do so.