The presenter from Co Down, whose father was shot useless by the Ulster Freedom Fighters throughout The Troubles in Northern Ireland, recalled his expertise of rising up in a battle zone was that “the harm and the ache on each side was sadly the identical”.
Nonetheless, he mentioned the folks of Eire are “residing our personal miracle” and he hoped for these struggling in the course of the Israel-Hamas battle “your miracle comes quickly”.
As he closed Friday night time’s episode on RTE, the Irish nationwide broadcaster, Kielty mentioned: “Earlier than we go, I might similar to to say that so many people right here on the Late Late Present need to ship our like to the household of Kim Damti and all of the households whose lives this week have been ripped aside in Israel and Palestine.
“There are not any phrases that may even contact the perimeters on the ache and the loss and the continuing horror that has been felt by so many tonight.
“However as somebody who grew up throughout a battle the place the rights and wrongs of politics had been at all times writ giant, one widespread fact was the harm and the ache on each side was sadly the identical.
Within the midst of despair, miracles are exhausting to imagine in but it surely’s value remembering that we’re at present residing our personal miracle on this island as a result of we live in peace
“All of us shared one thing, however we simply didn’t realise it on the time – and there have been days after we thought it could by no means finish.”
Kielty continued: “Tonight, there are lots of dad and mom and youngsters in Israel and in Gaza who additionally suppose this may by no means finish and are praying for a miracle to make it cease.
“Within the midst of despair, miracles are exhausting to imagine in but it surely’s value remembering that we’re at present residing our personal miracle on this island as a result of we live in peace.
“And for all these in Israel and Palestine tonight, it mightn’t appear to be it however there may be at all times hope and we hope that your miracle comes quickly.”
On Wednesday, 22-year-old Irish-Israeli citizen Ms Damti was confirmed useless after the Hamas assaults in Israel.
She had been attending a music pageant close to the Gaza border on Saturday when Hamas militants launched a shock assault.
Palestinians are at present struggling to flee from areas of Gaza focused by the Israeli army after energy and water provides to the area had been stopped forward of an anticipated land offensive.
Kielty has introduced documentaries about The Troubles, together with the BBC programme My Dad, The Peace Deal And Me, about his father’s demise by the hands of paramilitary gunmen.
The comic was 16 when Jack Kielty was shot useless.
The programme coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Settlement and noticed Kielty return to his house city of Dundrum to see if the historic peace deal has delivered on its pledge to create a brand new Northern Ireland.
It was nominated for a Bafta for finest single documentary and he was named UK documentary host of the 12 months on the 2018 Grierson Awards.
His movie Patrick Kielty: 100 Years Of Union, which explored how the trauma of the previous is shaping the way forward for Northern Eire throughout its centenary 12 months, additionally received an RTS award.