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Media Summary

The BBC, The Guardian, The Mirror and The Financial Times all report that Israeli ground forces are pushing into southern Gaza

The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Sun, The Mirror and The Daily Mail all report on the ceasefire coming to an end

The Sun’s front page leads with: ‘THEY STOLE HER VOICE: Emily’s too afraid to speak after Hamas threats… she was a happy, noisy kid & now she whispers because she’s terrified’. 

Sky News, Reuters, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Mirror, The Times and The Financial Times all report that fourteen more Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas after being held for almost seven weeks.

Sky News, The Mirror, The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, The Sun, The Economist, and The Guardian all report on our main story, that a temporary truce period between Israel and Hamas has begun – with the first group of Israeli women and children due to be released later today.

The BBC and the Financial Times reports that Israel’s communications minister has accused four freelance Gaza-based journalists who have worked with Western outlets of knowing that Hamas was going to attack Israel. Shlomo Karhi told Reuters, AP, CNN and the New York Times that “individuals within your organization… had prior knowledge of these horrific actions”.