The big question being asked here this Morning Injerusalem and far beyond is this a new chapter in the israel Gaza War Orjust a pause . Whatever it is, displaced palestinians are now returning to their homes in the city of Khan Younis In The South of the gaza strip after israel announced yesterday it was pulling out all of its troops in the south, except for one prograde which is controlling a corridor which divides the gaza strip in two. Israels Defence Minister said that the troops will just be resting and preparing for more military operations in gaza. But here injerusalem today there is speculation as to whether this marks the end of israels Ground Operations or simply a pause, as israel repairs for the offensive against the southern corner of gaza, rafa, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has always insisted is necessary if israel is to achieve its war aims to destroy hamas. As a palestinians return to their homes, they are certain to find the streets in ruin and possibly the
knowing what we did, but with hindsight, that is the moment we should have done it, three weeks earlier, and it would have saved many, many lives. alistair darling, the labour politician who was chancellor during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. members of the rmt union except a pay deal ending their involvement in a long running series of rail strikes. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. the pogues frontman shane macgowan has died at the age of 65. he was discharge from hospital last week. his wife confirmed he had died in social media. macgowan fronted the pogues from 1982 until their break up in 2014. the band are best known for the christmas hit song fairytale of new york. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. # it was christmas eve, babe # in the drunk tank # an old man said to me. # happy christmas, your ours, i pray god it s our last. fairytale of new york, a bleak, drink sodden duet