Paraic O'Brien is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Paraic's investigations include the multi-award winning "Bruce Lee, King of Romania's Sewers", a searing film about the subterranean life of Bucharest's drug addicts. His expose of how the global online game Habbo Hotel was putting children at risk, resulted in a mass exodus of investors. His investigation into the death of Alois Dvorzac in a British detention centre exposed serious flaws in the immigration system.
He was the first TV reporter on the ground in Brixton and Croydon as the riots broke out in 2011. He also once had a minor altercation with Russell Brand.
Before joining Channel 4 News he worked at the BBC as an investigations reporter for BBC London News and Newsnight on occasion. Prior to that he was a community worker in Ireland and south London.
Israel’s military has shifted the focus of its offensive to the crowded southern half of Gaza.
Truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas, which is a designated terrorist organisation in the UK, have reached a “dead end” according to Israel’s intelligence agency.
Fighting erupted in Gaza again this morning after the collapse of the week-long truce, with both sides blaming each other – while Israel dropped leaflets over the south of the enclave telling civilians to flee.
Two more Israeli hostages were freed from Gaza this afternoon – with more set to be released by Hamas later in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
The truce between Israel and Hamas has continued for a fifth day, but it’s looking increasingly fragile after both sides accused each other of violations.
With just a few hours left on their four-day ceasefire, Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce.
With just a few hours left on their four-day ceasefire, Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce.
It seems today’s exchange of hostages and prisoners is going ahead as planned, with the Israeli Defence forces confirming that 14 Israeli and 3 hostages of other nationalities have been handed over to the Red Cross within the last couple of hours.
A dispute over the release of a second group of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners has been resolved after mediation by Egypt and Qatar.
The freed hostages will be taken to four hospitals across Israel – where they’ll be reunited with their families and be given specialist medical and psychological care. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said each and every one was “an entire world” – declaring “we are committed to the return of all our abductees”. Israel has…
After almost seven weeks of Israeli bombardment, a four-day ceasefire is due to begin in Gaza at 7am tomorrow. Qatar says Israel and Hamas have exchanged lists of hostages and prisoners to be freed. And Hamas – which the UK has designated a terrorist group – will release a first group of 13 women and…
Israel says it expects the first hostages to be released tomorrow, with a four day pause in the war with Hamas due to begin at 10am.
We’re joined by Rotem Akav in Tel Aviv, whose cousin Omer Wenkert was taken as a hostage.
Some people did get out of Gaza in the last 24 hours – dozens of premature babies have been permitted to enter Egypt.
President Biden has said he believes a deal to release some of the hostages being held by Hamas – in exchange for a pause in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza – could happen soon.