Over 40,000 displaced in Gaza as Israeli ground offensive continues

The UN, said that the number of people displaced in Gaza has doubled on Friday from 22,000 to over 40,000 civilians, reports the BBC.

Meanwhile the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that Israel was prepared to widen its ground offensive to ensure that all Hamas tunnel networks were destroyed.


French authorities have banned pro-Palestinian protests, after violence amongst fringe Muslim and Jewish groups has began to surface in major French cities, reports the
Associated Press.

Several thousand pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through Paris in a peaceful protest on Sunday. However, the protests were marred by pockets of violence.

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