On December 27, 2008, Israel’s already crippling siege on the neighbouring Gaza Strip escalated into a brutal war. Al Jazeera was the only global news network reporting from both inside Gaza and Israel for the entirity of the conflict. Throughout Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros brought news of the human tragedy unfolding to living rooms throughout the English speaking world. They found themselves as vulnerable as the civilians of Gaza and now they give their full accounts of what it was really like to report that war.
Category Archives: Gaza massacre 2009
Israeli army ‘used human shields in Gaza war’
While Israel is going to the polls, the story of how their army conducted its war on Gaza is slowly being pieced together.
Two Gaza residents have told al Jazeera that they were used as human shields by the army – a military tactic that is specifically forbidden by Israeli law.
The Israeli army denies the allegations.
Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from Gaza.
Gaza fishermen face daily dangers
Israel maintains a blockade, on land, in the air and at sea. For fishermen in Gaza, making a living has become harder and more dangerous, as Al Jazeera’s Mike Kirsch reports.
Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace – World Economic Forum – Davos
Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace
The uncertainty and complexity surrounding the crisis in Gaza have captured the attention of the world.
What needs to be done to prevent the Middle East peace process from slipping away yet again?
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey
Amre Moussa, Secretary-General, League of Arab States, Cairo
Shimon Peres, President of Israel
Chaired by
David Ignatius, Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post, USA
Gaza crisis stirs heated debate in Davos – 30 January 09
A debate on the Middle East crisis focusing on the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza has dominated the second day of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
Al Jazeera’s Matthew Moore has more from Davos.
Is Peace Out Of Reach?
Has peace in the Middle East become nothing more than a pipe dream? As Bob Simon reports, a growing number of Israelis and Palestinians feel that a two-state solution is no longer possible.
CBS report
White phosphorus in Gaza: the victims
Ayman al Najar, 13, tells how he lost his sister, grandfather and cousin in a bomb attack on 14 January in Khoza’a, southern Gaza. Five days later his wounds still will not heal
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