ISRAELI occupation forces arrested five relatives yesterday of a Palestinian man who killed four soldiers on Sunday.
Four other residents of the Jabel Mukaber district of occupied east Jerusalem, where attacker Fadi Qunbar lived, were detained in the security crackdown.
The lorry driver rammed his vehicle into a group of soldiers on Sunday, killing four of them before being shot dead.
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza – where Palestinians are freezing to death in tents – is not a natural disaster but a calculated outcome of Israel’s ongoing blockade, aid restrictions and continued violence, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated


