Latest Channel 4 News:
House prices rising again
Bid to cut lawnmower speed record
House price recovery begins to ease
Lowestoft UK's enterprise capital
Torchlit protest for murdered woman

Is Gaza relief effort free from Hamas interference?

Updated on 24 January 2009

By Channel 4 News

Inigo Gilmore reports from inside Gaza and finds that despite Israel's pledge to deal Hamas a "crushing blow", Hamas leaders have been keen to reassert control.

Hamas activists have been busy restoring smuggling tunnels and distributing money to families.

But there are still fresh hopes for peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians, as President Obama's new Middle East envoy George Mitchell said he would be travelling to the region next week.

Our reporter Inigo Gilmore has been filming developments in the southern city of Rafah on his own camcorder.

Send this article by email

More on this story

Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.


Watch the Latest Channel 4 News

Watch Channel 4 News when you want

Latest International politics news

More News blogs

View RSS feed

Karadzic war crimes trial

image

Radovan Karadzic goes on trial for Bosnian war crimes.

Copenhagen countdown

Polar ice cap (credit:Reuters)

Why the fuss over the Copenhagen climate summit?

G20 discussion

Christine Lagarde

George Osborne and Christine Lagarde debate money.

Sri Lanka investigation

Mobile phone footage

United Nations to examine footage of Sri Lankan 'executions'

Week in pictures

credit: Reuters

A selection of the best pictures from around the world.

Snowmail




Channel 4 © 2009. Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.