Paul Mason
Troops ordered to pull back in Gaza, but the killing didn’t stop
The intensive care unit at Khan Younis hospital is so full, they have set up a makeshift one as the bombs pound nearby Rafah and its UN school.
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Bomb Gaza game removed from Google Play
An android game that allowed users to fake dropping bombs on Gaza, has been removed from the Google Play store after complaints.
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Another Gaza ceasefire broken
After a brief pause in fighting, Israel breaks its own ceasefire striking a house in the Beach refugee camp. Officials report that an eight-year-old girl is dead, and 29 injured.
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Paul Mason
Gaza-Israel live: strike on UN school
Live updates from the Channel 4 News team as the violence continues.
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Gaza: ‘This madness must stop’
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.
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Miliband on Gaza: government should ‘speak out’
Labour leader Ed Miliband says the UK has not “come out and say Israel’s actions are unjustified” on the Gaza conflict. He added “we haven’t heard a loud enough view” from the prime minister.
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Paul Mason
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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Gaza: violence amid Israeli hunt for soldier
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.
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Paul Mason
In the midst of Gaza’s bloody ‘truce’
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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Paul Mason
Seven things about the military situation in Gaza
Getting your bearings in a war is difficult. Here are seven things I’ve noticed that may help you understand what is happening.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Thought WWI was history? In the Middle East, think again
Europeans may think WWI is history, but people in the Arab world are still living with the fury and violence the conflict caused.
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Gaza conflict: ceasefire shattered within hours
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.
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Is anti-Semitism on the rise in Britain?
As a crop of Hitler-related hashtags emerge on social media over the past month, Simon Israel asks whether there is a rise in anti-Semitism in Britain.
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Gaza: both sides ‘want to live in peace’
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.
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Are attacks against Jews on the increase?
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.
