The taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, described the assault as approaching revenge, the foreign minister, Micheal Martin, called it disproportionate and opposition politicians went much further in calling it mass murder.
Pro-Palestinian commentators have hailed the statements as an example to the rest of Europe on how to denounce an offensive that has reportedly killed more than 11,000 people. Pro-Israelis have called Ireland's responses blinkered and a negation of Israel's right to defend itself after Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240 in southern Israel on 7 October.
There have been pro-Palestinian marches across Ireland and opposition parties have tried but failed to compel the government to refer Israel to the international criminal court and expel Israel's ambassador, Dana Erlich.
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