IDF now claiming that it came under fire from the school it demolished.
Israeli ground forces edged closer to two major Gaza towns, and a total of 58 Palestinians were killed Tuesday — with just two confirmed as militants, health officials in Gaza said. A top U.N. official called for an investigation into the mounting civilian [...]

Noah Shachtman from Danger Room on the latest propaganda efforts from the military:
Bloggers: If you suddenly find Air Force officers leaving barbed comments after one of your posts, don’t be surprised. They’re just following the service’s new “counter-blogging” flow chart. In a twelve-point plan, put together by the emerging technology division of the Air Force’s [...]

Telegraph: Israeli soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Gaza
Israel has suffered its heaviest loss of life in the campaign so far when three soldiers from its elite Golani Brigade were killed and 24 wounded in northern Gaza when a tank shell hit a building where the infantrymen were resting.

Crooks and Liars: Aid Agencies Say Gaza Needs Food, Medicine and Body Bags
-Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor in Gaza, tells Sky News that the number of civilians injured and killed in Gaza proves that Israel is deliberately attacking the population.
-About 530 Palestinians have been killed, at least a quarter of them civilians, since Israel launched [...]

Al Jazeera
As international protests against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip continue, Israel is facing a fresh round of condemnations from world leaders.
Harsh remarks from across the world followed on the heels of the UN Security Council’s failure to issue a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire despite hours of closed-door talks.

Firedoglake
Siun
Saturday January 3, 2009 4:00 pm

Video
As Israel’s attack on Gaza intensifies, we are left with few ways to get direct information since Israel continues to refuse reporters permission to enter.

editorandpublisher.com
By Greg Mitchell
Published: January 04, 2009 12:20 AM ET
NEW YORK (Commentary)
Israel launched its much-anticipated invasion of Gaza on Saturday. For over a week, U.S. media had provided largely one-sided coverage of the conflict, with little editorializing or commentary arguing against broader Israeli actions.

Firedoglake
By: Siun Sunday January 4, 2009 10:00 am

There’s more evidence today of Israeli use of cluster bombs, originally noted by Laura Doty at Oxdown. The Times of London features a photo in it’s coverage (see Gaza Conflict slide show) with the following description:
An artillery round sends out bomblets above Gaza City, which continues to be [...]

BBC NEWS.
By Paul Reynolds
Israel has tried to take the initiative in the propaganda war over Gaza but, in one important instance, its version has been seriously challenged.
The incident raises the question of how to interpret video taken from the air.
Israel released video of an air attack on 28 December, which appeared to show rockets being [...]

Press TV.
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:09:46 GMT
Israeli soldiers have prevented foreign journalists from entering Gaza.
Israel has maintained its ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip in defiance of a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Foreign journalists and reporters were refused entry into Gaza on Friday when Israel opened the crossing to allow some 300 Palestinians [...]