Gaza

Two Israeli extremists were today convicted of burning alive a Palestinian teenager – revenge for the murder of three Israelis. The deaths led to a chain of events culminating in the 50-day Gaza War.

Mark Regev, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman, is expected to become his country’s next ambassador to the UK, according to widespread reports.

Palestine’s football association drops its motion asking for Israel, which it accuses of racism and preventing the free movement of Palestinian athletes, to be suspended from Fifa.

Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the 2014 war with Israel, according to Amnesty International.

Israeli soldiers fired indiscriminately at Palestinian civilians during the 2014 Gaza conflict, according to a report based on the testimony of dozens of IDF veterans involved in the operation.

A Palestinian man claims to have been “tricked” into selling a valuable Banksy painting, daubed on the door to his ruined home, for just 700 Israeli shekels (£120).

Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday, with signs that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could be headed for defeat, as contenders brush off questions on Gaza and the prospects for peace.

More than 100,000 homes remain damaged or destroyed in Gaza six months after a conflict with Israel, as lack of funds and a blockade continue to hamper reconstruction.

In Britain, 2014 was the year of the floods, Ukraine saw a revolution, Scotland almost went indy and the deadly Ebola struck west Africa.

Israeli aircraft bomb a Hamas militant base in the Gaza strip, in their first strike in Gaza since a ceasefire was declared four months ago.