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"We sat in the yard from 8am to 5pm under the sun with no water or food."Sixteen-year-old Mohammed* was separated from his mother by Israeli forces as his family tried to flee northern Gaza.Mohammed's mother was taken to a "sandy pit" with other women and children and sat in the heat for hours before the group were released and told to move south. She took this video as she waited. Mohammed and his mother are among tens of thousands of Palestinians who have been forced to flee northern Gaza in the past few weeks, as Israel's military assault against Hamas has intensified.Using geolocated videos, an interview with a teenage boy held in a school by Israeli forces and evacuation orders issued by the military, Sky News has investigated the conditions that some civilians have faced whi...

An apparent firebomb attack at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham, linked to Russian-backed saboteurs, was believed to be a trial run for a US attack, according to Polish officials. Poland's National Prosecutor's Office has confirmed four arrests after parcels "containing explosives" were allegedly sent via courier companies to countries including the UK.Counter-terror police in the UK are already investigating whether Russia had any involvement after a suspicious package caught fire at a DHL warehouse in Minworth in July.Authorities in Germany are also examining several fires thought to have been caused by incendiary devices hidden inside parcels at a warehouse in Leipzig. Polish Prosecutor Katarzyna Calow-Jaszewska said the latest arrests were related to parcels "which spontaneously ignited o...