Ireland’s foreign minister Micheal Martin said he hoped to get unanimity from the EU regarding sanctions against violent settlers in the West Bank, as the world is “shocked” at the level of “inhumanity” within Gaza, Reuters reports.

“Ireland favours sanctions on violence settlers in the West Bank, we regret that unity and unanimity still hasn’t occurred within the Foreign Affairs Council to date,” he said ahead of the meeting of EU’s foreign ministers, adding that ordinary people in Gaza are living “hell on earth” at the moment.