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Is Gaza relief effort free from Hamas interference?

By Channel 4 News

Updated on 24 January 2009

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.

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