Gaza
A serious - dangerous - escalation in Israel-Palestine as Israel vows to continue its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip and Hamas sends volleys of rockets in the direction of Israel. There have been global calls for de-escalation but that doesn’t appear a realistic prospect in the short term. This could get a lot worse.
A reminder of yesterday’s coverage recommendations: Al Jazeera is running a live blog here. Middle East Eye is running a live blog here. You can also watch Al Jazeera television streaming live here. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper is here.
Some useful background pieces here, here and here.
Russia
A tragic school shooting today. No, not in the US, in Russia. Seven children and two adults were killed when a 19-year-old suspect, who is reported to have been a past pupil of the school, opened fire. School shootings are extremely rare in Russia.
More from BBC here.
Myanmar
The military junta in Myanmar has been in power for 100 days. But how in control is it?
Great write-up from the Associated Press here.