Two children who fled Gaza after their mother was killed have been reunited with their father at Dublin Airport.
Their father Khalid El Estal, who was born in Belfast, was working in Saudi Arabia when Israel's war on Gaza began.
His two young children, three-year-old Ali and one-year-old Sara, were injured in the bombing of his home.
Their mother Ashwak died from the injuries she sustained in the blast.
A video of Ali, covered in blood on a hospital bed, crying out for his mother circulated on social media.
As the children entered the arrivals hall in the airport in the arms of their uncle Mohammed, their father ran towards them.
During a long embrace with his son Ali, who was wrapped in a blue blanket, Khalid sobbed.
He then held and kissed his daughter Sara who was a few months old when he last saw her and spoke of his relief at being reunited with his children.
He said: "We finally did it. We lost a lot. We lost my wife, their mom and my mom and my brother. But it's okay. We will be strong. I will take care of them and we will do everything. Thank you to everyone."
They were part of a number of Irish citizens who arrived from Gaza.
Also on the flight from Cairo were the Shaheen family lived in Dublin until last year.
Ayman Shaeen and his wife Suha and their 19-year-old daughter Rowan and 12-year-son Ibrahim have returned to Ireland with his 84-year-old mother Thuraya.
While relieved to be in Ireland, they said, getting to safety is bittersweet, Ayamn told RTÉ News.
"I have a contradicting feeling actually. A positive one that I am safe, I am here, I am in Ireland. The negative one that we have left more than 2.3 million Palestinians under bombing and attack," he said.
His daughter Rowan who was studying in Gaza said she has no idea what happens next for the family.
She said: "I'm happy but at the same time I'm sad because I made it but my family, they're still there and my people are still there and just everything is gone.
"It was really hard seeing death all around you every single day and bombs, it wasn't easy at all. I'm just grateful I made it but so full of guilt that a lot of others didn't make it."
The latest Irish citizens to flee Gaza were met by the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland.
Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid praised the Government for its role in getting Irish citizens out of Gaza but she strongly condemned the role of the international community in the ongoing conflict.
She said: "After 44 days not able to stop this. This is a shame and I'm very sorry to say this word but it is the failure of the international community and its a failure of humanity also."
