The Latest Breaking News from the International Criminal Court

Tuesday's virtual meeting will be hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the hope of drawing up a common response to the Israel - Hamas conflict, now entering its seventh week.

SCOTTISH Labour have said they will back the Government’s motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza this week.

Opposition motions calling for a range of sanctions against Israel were voted down in the Dail parliament on Wednesday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel for war crimes in Gaza.

It came as more than a thousand protesters calling for the expulsion of the ambassador stood outside the Irish Parliament.

The protest came ahead of a vote on a motion proposed by the Social Democrats calling for a range of economic and diplomatic sanctions against Israel.

The Government said it is continuing to work on getting remaining Irish citizens out of Gaza.

Irish premier Leo Varadkar said the Government is ‘working tirelessly’ for citizens still in Gaza

Minister of state James Browne made the claim in a debate on a Social Democrats motion calling for economic and diplomatic sanctions on Israel.

Sinn Fein brought a private members bill to Dail Eireann on Tuesday evening ‘in response to cries from Gaza’.

Despite the steadily mounting death toll in Gaza, western politicians are still calling for a “humanitarian pause” in Israel’s assault on Gaza. “Humanitarian” is defined as “seeking to promote human welfare as a primary or pre-eminent good” – but, in Gaza’s case, a “humanitarian pause” in the war in Gaza…