• “We believe that the response has been fully disproportionate and has also been, in our view, a breach of humanitarian law in terms of the destruction of Gaza and also in terms of the killing of civilians, innocent men, women and children,” Ireland’s foreign minister Michael Martin said, ahead of a EU Foreign Ministers Council meeting.

• “The population of Gaza has been collectively punished because of the activities of Hamas, that’s not acceptable,” he added.

The minister said that Ireland and Spain will be calling for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, an agreement based on trade relations with Israel.

He also said the ministers would discuss a proposed Gaza peace plan, the recognition of a Palestinian state, and humanitarian aid issues.

Source: Al Jazeera