A group of sick and injured Palestinian children have been evacuated from Gaza and taken to Ireland to receive medical treatment.

Seven children, along with 29 accompanying family members, arrived in Dublin on Saturday evening.

This is the third medical evacuation from Gaza following the Irish government's approval in September last year in response to an appeal from the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the health needs of people from Gaza.

Doctors from Children's Health Ireland (CHI) worked with the WHO to identify injured and sick children who would benefit from treatment in Ireland.

The group travelled overland from Gaza to Jordan in a WHO medevac convoy.

They were accompanied from Jordan by an Irish medical team on a plane provided by the Norwegian government.

The children and family members are due to complete medical assessments over the coming days.