Gaza: health crisis looms for trapped civilians
Today in Gaza the death toll stands at 1,635. If the public health system collapses, without a major inward flow of emergency relief, killer epidemics are a real danger.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says “this madness must stop” and describes the strike outside a UN school in Rafah, Gaza as a “moral outrage and a criminal act” as he calls for an end to fighting.
Today in Gaza the death toll stands at 1,635. If the public health system collapses, without a major inward flow of emergency relief, killer epidemics are a real danger.
Israel launches strikes on Gaza and militants fire rockets at Israel after the collapse of a ceasefire. The whereabouts of a missing Israeli soldier, which Israel says Hamas abducted, remain unclear.
I’ve just seen what a ceasefire means, on a road east of Khan Younis. It means young men getting carried along dusty roads in blankets, with sniper wounds.
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Israeli shelling in southern Gaza kills at least 25 people, the Palestinian interior ministry says, as a ceasefire that went into effect only hours earlier appears to be crumbling.
Israel’s Zalman Shoval tells Cathy Newman his country wants to live in peace with its neighbours. Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi says Palestinians are committed to a ceasefire.
Eylon Aslan-Levy, founder of Everyday Anti-Semitism, says there has been “astonishing spike” in anti-Jewish attacks. The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign’s Ben Soffa condemns such behaviour.
Israel will keep fighting Palestinian guerrillas in the Gaza Strip after the army completes its mission of destroying cross-border tunnels, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A letter from a Tory MP to the foreign secretary, seen by Channel 4 News, shows the first signs of serious unease emerging in Conservative ranks about the government’s stance on the conflict in Gaza.
They were somewhat happier times on my first visit to Gaza. I hesitate to use the word happier, it feels callous – but given how things are currently, maybe it’s about right, writes Thom Walker.
Sara Merson, a contestant from the United States who is on Israel’s version of The Voice, volunteered in the country and decided to stay. Then the violence began.
The Pentagon calls on Israel to do more to protect civilian life during its military operations in Gaza, saying the conflict was taking too high a toll on the population.
While the US and UK stand by Israel over its military offensive in Gaza, governments across Latin America have moved to cut their links.