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At least 25 people have died in an attack by Syrian fighter jets on the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in Damascus, opposition activists say. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson is in Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians gather in Gaza City commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Hamas and to hear from Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal.
Today’s visit to Gaza by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, after 45 years of exile from Palestinian land, reinforces the growing confidence of the Muslim Brotherhood across the Middle East.
Jon Snow
Israel’s announcement of the building of 3,000 more Jewish settlement homes in Arab East Jerusalem could be met by an unprecedented response by the UK and France, Israeli newspapers are reporting.
Britain voices strong concerns over Israel’s decision to build thousands of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, but has no plans to withdaw its ambassador in Tel Aviv.
Rwanda will see its aid budget reduced amid allegations it is helping rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Who else gets our money – and are their hands clean?
The United States criticises the UN general assembly’s vote to upgrade the status of Palestine as “unfortunate and counterproductive”.
An investigation is underway to see if the former Palestinian president was poisoned by a lethal dose of radioactive Polonium 210.
Egypt’s head judges say a decree granting President Mohamed Mursi extensive control is an “unprecedented attack” on the independence of the judiciary, as protests on the streets continue.
The remains of the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday to examine whether he was poisoned.
How did the city synonymous with the good life come to be associated with English football fans being stabbed?
We asked you for your sporting heroes of 2012 – and you responded with suggestions from Bradley Wiggins to Bethy Woodward. Sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan has been sifting through them.
Jon Snow
Just as people were talking about a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, a bomb explodes on a bus in Tel Aviv and 21 are injured.
Israel and Hamas agree a ceasefire following eight days of conflict – just hours after 21 people were injured in a bus bombing in Tel Aviv.
Alex Thomson
Publishing its own statistics, the Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights calls for the UN Commissioner and EU countries to take a clear stand against the “ongoing Israeli breaches of the international law in Gaza”.