Family members die in Israeli house demolition 
Sherine Tadros, Al Jazeera - Israeli forces demolished the house of the Sammouni family in Gaza City after ordering them to remain in it for safety. WATCH

 Inside scarred minds 
Daniel Day-Lewis in The Sunday Times of London Magazine - On his first visit to the Gaza Strip, Daniel Day-Lewis meets the Palestinian families living in the heart of the danger zone – and the psychologists who are counselling them more

 Israel Ends Some Home Demolitions 
Amos Harel in Haaretz - Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz adopted the recommendation made by a military committee to end the policy of demolishing houses belonging to terrorists’ families. The majority of home demolitions, however, will not be halted. more

 Another Faceless Crime 
Jonson (ISM) in Palestine - When I look back upon my experience staying in a house that was set for demolition I only think of the kind eyed father crippled by Israeli fire two years ago, the mother numb from the loss of her son, periodically asking tentative questions in Arabic and the friend sitting opposite us in the newly rented family house staring incessantly at the wall, thinking of past times with his young friend, in between handing us glasses of coke, an atmosphere of loss hung over our uncomfortable conversation. more

 UNRWA Condemns a Week of House Demolitions in Rafah 
A series of Israeli military incursions since 16 January has left 584 people homeless in the town and refugee camp of Rafah in the south of the Gaza strip. more
Source: UNRWA

 Guns and Bulldozers Raze Homes in Gaza 
Robert Fisk in the Independent - In any other place, it would be a scandal, an outrage. If Palestinians had willfully destroyed the homes of 200 Israelis there would be talk of barbarism, of “terrorism,” grave warnings from George Bush to Mr. Arafat to “curb violence.” more