What it feels like to be under Israeli fire
Some Gazans are tweeting that this was the worst night of bombardment that the city and the Strip have ever witnessed. This is what it felt like to be under sustained bombardment.
736 items found
A Palestinian translator, who is assisting international aid officials and journalists, gives Channel 4 News an account of the effects of Israeli bombardment on daily life.
Tensions are high in Jerusalem as the period of mourning for the three murdered teenagers comes to an end. Inigo Gilmore joins the mourners where the mood is solemn – and angry.
Health officials say that over 40 people are reported dead in Gaza, including at least 15 at a UN school, after another night of Israeli shelling and air strikes.
Some Gazans are tweeting that this was the worst night of bombardment that the city and the Strip have ever witnessed. This is what it felt like to be under sustained bombardment.
Israel escalates its military campaign against Hamas, with health officials in Gaza saying at least 100 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes and tank shellings.
Gazans report one of the heaviest nights of bombardment from Israeli forces, after an address by the Israeli President Binyamin Netanyahu warning Israel to prepare for a prolonged “campaign”.
As the United Nations strive for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, the impoverished enclave faces a daunting recovery, such is the scale of damage after three weeks of fighting.
It may be far removed from the fury of Gaza, but even in Jerusalem a clawing sense of foreboding is never far away, writes Inigo Gilmore. And there is one tell-tale sign: the streets are almost empty.
I’ve been to radicalised Muslim countries and heard the rhetoric. But what I’m hearing in Gaza, from people who consider they have little left to live for, is more than that.
Palestinian journalist Adeem Abu-Middain grew up in Gaza. She returned from abroad with her children to spend Ramadan with her parents. Then the war began. This is her account of what she has endured.
“Why the world hate Israel?” the soldier whispered. There was genuine confusion in his eyes. He whispered again: “Why the world hate us?”
The Israeli military resumes fighting on Sunday, saying that Hamas militants had ignored a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire. Channel 4 News reports live from the Gaza border.
Mark Regev, the Israeli prime minister’s spokesman, says Israel does not want to see any Palestinian casualties and suggests Hamas could be responsible for civilian casualties at Beit Hanoun school.
For twelve hours they put their lives back together. In the shattered suburb of Shejaiyah they dug bodies from the rubble.
Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports from the ground in West Bank – follow his tweets, videos and blogs throughout the day in this live blog.