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New Gaza conflict murals appear in Belfast

A child was killed by an Israeli air strike today – just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce.

NEW MURALS HAVE appeared in Belfast as Loyalist and Republican groups take rival positions of support for Israel and Palestine.

The first Belfast mural about the Gaza conflict was painted on the Falls Road last week.

It called for the “immediate expulsion of all Israeli diplomats from Éire”.

Irish Government has Gaza meeting

Three new pro Palestine murals have appeared since then, the most controversial of which is on the Falls Road.

It shows the Irish flag and the Palestine flag and states: “Oppression breeds resistance”.

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    Source: Niall Carson via Press Association Images

Israeli flags can also be seen in Cluan Place, Belfast.

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The United Nations OCHA is reporting that 1,784 people have been killed so far in the conflict.

Sixty-seven Israelis and 1,717 Palestinians.

It was reported today that a child was killed and 30 people wounded in an Israeli air strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City – just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce.

Read: Have you seen the mural about the Gaza conflict painted on the Falls Road?>

Read: Eight-year-old Palestinian girl killed six minutes into Israeli-declared ceasefire>

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    Aug 1st 2018, 8:07 AM

    Day 1 and all ready I have made up my mind,what a poor selection.Really shows what a good President Micheal D is.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 8:32 AM

    @Pat Lonergan: shows how we are scraping the bottom of the barrel, all our best candidates have left, and we are left with the dross.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 8:33 AM

    @Pat Lonergan: he definitely is not.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 8:36 AM

    @Gus Sheridan: Best of that lot??? Without a shadow of a doubt.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 10:23 AM

    @Gus Sheridan: So which of the as of now declared candidates would you say comes with in as ass roar of Micheal D?

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    Aug 1st 2018, 7:58 AM

    How depressing

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    Aug 1st 2018, 8:03 AM

    A room full of headless chickens I’d say that was fun

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    Aug 1st 2018, 10:47 AM

    There has to be a collective noun for a group of complete eejits . This was a classic case.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 10:57 AM

    So it looks like we’re going to have a half dozen candidates again. All because it’s probably easier for the media to find stories if there’s more people involved. Pointless if you ask me.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 1:24 PM

    The Rás for The Áras…. Attention seekers

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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:57 PM

    Duffy who gets his kicks out of hunting innocent animals, not fit to represent Ireland, vile person.

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    Aug 1st 2018, 10:48 PM

    Gavin Duffy if u like people who torture animals for fun

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    Sep 11th 2018, 5:03 PM

    Not much there to get excited about

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