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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Wafaa Shurafa and Natalie Melzer

Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death toll nears 45,000

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Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 30 people including several children.

The decision to close the embassy came in response to what Israel’s foreign minister has described as Ireland’s “extreme anti-Israel policies.” In May, Israel recalled its ambassador to Dublin after Ireland announced, along with Norway, Spain and Slovenia, it would recognize a Palestinian state.

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