Palestinian ambassador Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid thanked Ireland for its efforts to get its citizens out of Gaza.
She was speaking as a group of Irish citizens arrived at Dublin Airport from Cairo on Sunday.
“First of all I would like to thank Ireland very much for putting the effort to bring the Palestinians, Irish citizens, to Ireland,” the ambassador said.
“I know the Tánaiste and the Irish people, they put huge effort into bringing the Palestinians (here) safe. It breaks my heart to see them here. I want to see all the Palestinian people safe in Gaza.
“This genocidal war against the Palestinians should stop, and I want to raise my voice from here in Ireland to the whole world: I think it’s enough, enough the killing of the Palestinians, enough killing of innocent people.”
She added that she knew some of the Irish-Palestinians arriving at Dublin Airport on Sunday.
“Whatever we can do, definitely we will not save any effort to help our Palestinians here. I know that they are Irish but they are Palestinians originally. So we will not spare any effort to help.”
