I support everything that my Opposition colleagues have said on Gaza. Words do not stop wars but actions do.

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 8 be taken before No. 1.

I seek leave to amend the Order of Business to have No. 9 taken before No. 1 to introduce the cross-party Bill on dereliction and building management.

Ibrahim Ammar Saad Al-Qara, Karam Amjad Hafez Shamlakh, Rafif Mahmoud Aref Al-Faqaawi, Al-Anoud Suleiman Jaber Al-Qirinaawi and Hour Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Mamlouk are just five names of infants who never reached the age of one.

I thank Senator Stephenson for providing us with this list. It is important to put names to the statistics because the statistics can numb us and nullify the debate. Across various platforms, we are sick of hearing the figures but these are names of babies whose lives will never be realised. They have either been bombed or starved to death by the IDF or the Israeli Government. It is an absolute atrocity that is happening before us all. I welcome that we are having a discussion on this. Every democratic chamber in the world should debate this until pressure is brought to bare on the barbaric regime of Netanyahu and eventually, please God, it will fold. In the meantime, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating by the hour. Aid agencies, such as UNRWA, and all of the United Nations have told us, keep telling us and are pleading for the international community to intervene at a level that is appropriate. At this stage, we require international governments. We require the European Union. Thankfully, some action and movement is coming from some countries. I welcome the intervention by the Taoiseach. I really welcome the bravery of our President for stretching the boundaries of his office to call out this atrocity. It is high time collectively that this Dáil and Seanad continue to highlight these atrocities until they are brought to an end and we can seek justice for the Palestinian people and the people of Gaza.

I, too, commend my colleague Senator Stephenson on bringing this forward.

I wish to speak about healthcare workers and read out the names of just five nurses who have been killed: Omar Khorsheed, Mohammed Lubbad, Mohammed Al Azzaiza, Ahmed Moshtaha and Somaya Temeraz. We have all said that the people of Gaza are at very risk of extermination. The UN said two hours ago that 14,000 babies, which was referenced earlier, are going to die of starvation in the next 48 hours. Other Senators have stated that we as a country have been victims of state enabled famine and colonial mass murder. We know more than anyone else about the trauma that has been inflicted on us as a people for generations. I do not believe that this is an Opposition-Government issue. All of the Government parties know their history just as well as I do. We have all said that we cannot just sit back and watch it anymore. The Israeli regime is sticking their two fingers up to us at every turn. They are committing war crimes. They are committing genocide. It has even been called out now by the UN that it is genocide.

I hosted a briefing last Tuesday with healthcare workers. Healthcare workers and the symbols of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have always been symbols of humanity. They are there under the Geneva Conventions as protection of life. They have been targeted. A total of 1,400 healthcare workers have been deliberately killed. Surgeons have been pulled away from operating theatres in the middle of conducting operations. They have said to me that in trying to restore humanity back into the conversation we as a country can do six things. We can enact the occupied territories Bill. We can implement ethical procurement policies across Departments and State bodies. We can stop arms transitioning through Ireland, which we know is happening. There are debates on it but we know it is happening. We can stop the Central Bank selling Israeli war bonds. We can join the Hague Group of nations and say that no nation is above the law. We can boycott, divest and sanction at every opportunity, including culture and academia. Israel needs to be isolated and it needs to be isolated now.