Harry Fawcett

United Kingdom

TV Correspondent at Freelance

TV Correspondent, formerly with Al Jazeera English in Middle East and Asia.

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Israel accused of second mass killing of Gazans seeking aid

4 days ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

They went to Rafah, desperate for aid to feed their starving families, directed there by Israel. And for a third day, they came under fire. 27 killed today, after three yesterday and as many as 31 on Sunday. This, in addition to the dozens more people killed by air strikes across the Strip. The Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has opened four so-called ‘Safe Distribution Sites’ in Gaza. The latest shooting happened near a roundabout.
Timeline: How Gaza aid attack which killed 31 people happened

5 days ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

Health officials in Gaza say at least three more Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded near an aid distribution point operated by a US-backed group. At least 31 people were reportedly killed on Sunday as they tried to get food near the same site in Rafah. Survivors told the Medecins Sans Frontieres aid agency that they were shot from all sides by drones, helicopters, boats, tanks and Israeli soldiers. Israel’s military denied firing at people gathering to collect aid.
Hamas agrees to release ten hostages in response to ceasefire plan

1 week ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

With food aid struggling to reach its intended destination and the UN warning of a yet worsening humanitarian situation, the stakes for Gazans could scarcely be higher. Hamas said it had responded “positively” to the ceasefire proposal presented by President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. But reports in Israel that suggest the government there is treating Hamas’s response as an effective rejection.
Hamas reviewing ceasefire deal as Israel continues bombing Gaza

1 week ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

Hamas says it is still reviewing a new US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza – even though it says it doesn’t meet Palestinian demands. Israel has reportedly agreed to a 60-day truce, aid for Gaza and a hostage and prisoner exchange. But that hasn’t stopped its military ordering civilians to immediately leave five more areas of northern Gaza, or continuing its bombing campaign. Produced by Millicent Teasdale and Yousef HammashEdited by Alastair Fergusson
Gaza: Desperate starvation leads to violence amid Israeli strikes

1 week ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told hostage families today that Israel has accepted the latest US ceasefire deal. Hamas is considering the proposal. But in Gaza today there was no let up in the horror – the desperation of hunger increasingly pushing people to violence as aid trickles into the strip. And Israeli strikes continue to rain down terror, with 64 people killed since the early hours.
Israel-Gaza war: desperate Palestinians storm aid depot

1 week ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

A controversial new US and Israeli-backed aid organisation began operating in Gaza today. But their distribution site quickly descended into chaos as Palestinians, desperate after weeks of an Israeli aid blockade, over-ran the facility. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation had already attracted criticism from other aid groups who have refused to work with it. Reporter: Harry FawcettProducer: Melina Havoutis, Yousef HammashEditor: Donna Marie-Walton
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 130 in Gaza, say medics

2 weeks ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

It’s been another night of bombardment in the Gaza Strip. Israel says its new offensive is meant to ramp up pressure on Hamas to agree to a ceasefire. Indirect ceasefire talks may be underway, but in Gaza the last week of military strikes by Israel have killed at least 460 Palestinians. Last night and this morning air strikes from north to south killed 130 people, according to local hospitals and medics. At least 40 people died in the southern Al-Mawasi area, where bombs hit the tented encampments.
Israel resumes ground operation in Gaza after deadly strikes

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

Israel tonight resumed bombardment of the Houthis in Yemen just days after President Trump declared that the US had reached an agreement and a ceasefire with them. Israel also continued with its promised military escalation in the Gaza strip overnight – striking more than 150 targets and killing at least 93 people.
Airstrikes kill over 100 in Gaza as grief and hunger spreads

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

Once again there have been horrific images coming out of Gaza. More children among the dozens of dead following attacks by the Israeli military overnight. The Hamas-run health authority said more than 100 people were killed today, mainly in the southern city of Khan Younis. It reported that 2,876 people have been killed and 7,957 injured in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire on March the 18th.
Putin wants ‘direct talks’ with Ukraine to end war

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Harry Fawcett

Hours after European leaders laid down an ultimatum to President Putin, the Russian leader summoned journalists to the Kremlin for a 1:30am press conference. His offer of direct peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday has been accepted by Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy. But he and the Europeans continue to call for a ceasefire.