An update on Gaza

Laila El-Haddad, a journalist, writes the following on her blog “Raising Yousuf and Noor: diary of a Palestinian mother“, about her family and others trapped in Gaza during the ongoing Israeli attacks:
My father and I made simultaneous back to back appearances on CNN domestic and CNN international last night. My father spoke calmly, eloquently, in [...]

News in Brief: 5 January 2009

A brief list of news clips for the day:
Civilian casualties rise as Israel presses in on Gaza City. So far, Israeli units have faced lighter-than-expected resistance from Palestinian militants in the second full day of a ground invasion that followed eight days of aerial bombardment intended to undermine the Gaza’s control by the militant Islamic [...]