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Irish Defence and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin (L) is show a map of the Gaza Strip by Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki during a meeting with Palestinian prime minister in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 16, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)