Israel-Hamas War

Harris: Israel ‘has become a country blinded by rage waging a war on children’

Tanáiste Micheal Martin is travelling to Egypt, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory

Simon Harris, the minister for higher education, said the October 7 Hamas attack was an act of terror on the people of Israel. Picture: Julien Behal Photography

Israel has become a country “blinded by rage waging a war on children”, an Irish government minister has said.

Simon Harris, the minister for higher education, described the attack by Hamas on Israel in October as despicable. However he said while Israel had the right to defend itself, it was not waging a war on children.

Harris was speaking in the Dáil, following a question from Labour leader Ivana Bacik.

She referred to the “appalling ...