Hyderabad, Feb. 22 -- Northern Ireland's First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, has announced she will not attend the annual St Patrick's Day event at the White House next month as a protest against President Donald Trump's stance on Gaza Strip.

O'Neill shared her decision on X, saying that she could not ignore the suffering of the Palestinian people and the recent comments by Trump regarding their forced displacement.

"We are all heartbroken as we witness the suffering of the Palestinian people, and the recent comments of the US president around the mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza is something I cannot ignore," O'Neill said at a press conference in Dublin on Friday, February 21.

"The decision not to travel to the White H...