The Canadian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Israeli ground attack on Gaza City is horrific, exacerbates the humanitarian crisis, and threatens the release of prisoners.
It called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional provision of aid, and the release of all prisoners.
She added: "The Israeli government must abide by international law."
For his part, Irish President Michael D. Higgins said, "We must no longer hesitate to end trade with the perpetrators of these crimes against our fellow human beings."
Higgins called for the exclusion of Israel and the countries that supply it with weapons from the United Nations.
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He added, "Some of the most powerful EU countries have remained silent about the suffering of emaciated children in a humanitarian tragedy for the people of Gaza."
On Tuesday, September 16, the Israeli army announced that it had "begun a ground invasion of Gaza City," but field evidence and local sources confirm that no ground incursion has taken place.
According to evidence and sources, the army is intensifying its artillery and air bombardment, as well as its use of explosive robots, to terrorize Palestinians and force them to flee in a war of extermination and displacement.
The Israeli genocide in Gaza left 64,964 Palestinians dead and 165,312 injured, most of them children and women, and a famine that killed 428 Palestinians, including 146 children
