Gaza

Israel is no stranger to crises on its streets. Apart from the wars of 1967 and 1973 there were the bus bombs during the second intifada, and what seemed like the constant spectre of terror. 

More details are emerging of the attack which it’s thought more than 260 died. 

We speak to Yosi Shnaider. Six of his relatives – among them his cousin Shiri Bibes and her nine-month-old baby – are thought to have been captured and taken to Gaza.

We talk to Mkhaimar Abusada, a Professor of Politics at Al-Azhar University, who’s in Gaza.

Hamas is threatening to execute one captured Israeli for every civilian house bombed without pre-warning. This as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel’s retaliation against Hamas has only just begun and it will change the Middle East. 

We spoke to Oren Marmorstein, deputy ambassador and charge d’affaires at Israel’s embassy in the UK.

The Freedom Theatre is a cultural centre in the Jenin camp – and its artistic director, Ahmed Tobasi, was born and raised there.

At least eight Israelis have been injured after a Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a crowded bus stop in Tel Aviv, before stabbing people at random.

A 21-year-old Palestinian medic has been killed in Gaza today near the Israeli border. She is reported to have been shot in the chest, with dozens of other people injured by live fire. In recent weeks more than a hundred Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops, including two journalists. Despite the dangers, one woman has…

The United Nations is holding a special session of its top human rights body tomorrow to discuss the killing of scores of demonstrators by the Israeli Defence Forces at the Gaza border fence. Today another country followed the United States by opening its embassy in Jerusalem.

There’s been more international condemnation today of Israel’s security forces killing dozens of protesters on its border with Gaza. Boris Johnson has been meeting his European counterparts in Brussels.

The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting following the deadly violence in Gaza which coincided with America opening its new embassy in Israel in Jerusalem. US Ambassador Nikki Haley said it would be a mistake to blame the deaths on the embassy moving from Tel Aviv to the city which Palestinians view as…

Hamas official Ghazi Hamad discusses Gaza.

Palestinian authorities reported that two more people died under the fire of the Israeli military on the Gaza border with Israel, bringing the total number of fatalities to 62 since yesterday. Many more remain critically injured in hospital. There is mounting international condemnation of Israel’s use of force, with the United Nations calling it an…

Israel’s UK Ambassador Mark Regev discusses Gaza.