Israel continues to attack the remaining places offering refuge to Palestinians in Gaza. Saturday morning's bombing of the al-Tabin school in Gaza City killed more than 100 people and injured dozens more, including women and children. It's the fourth school in Gaza to be attacked by Israel in August alone, buildings which have been sheltering those whose homes have been systematically destroyed during the nine month assault.

In the wider region, tensions continue to grow following Israel's assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas political leader and chief negotiator for a ceasefire. Iran has yet to respond to Israel's attack - with Iranian senior officials saying that a Gaza ceasefire would prevent any retaliation. Hamas supports a proposal presented to it on 2 July but fear Israel will seek to impose new conditions in any new truce talks and have decided to stay away from this week's talks.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government has announced plans to further expand its settlements in the occupied West Bank - despite a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice finding them illegal under international law.

Despite Israel's egregious violations of international law, which includes charges of genocide, Britain has stood firm by Israel in the face of persistent public pressure at home. With MPs due to return to Parliament in September, we need to keep up this pressure and activism into the autumn, making the case for Britain to end its arms sales to Israel and work towards negotiating a lasting settlement in the region which includes a fully recognised Palestinian state.

Join us in Central London from 12 noon on 7 September for the Next National March for Palestine. More details TBC.

Zaporizhzhia fire elevates meltdown risk

Mystery still surrounds the cause of the fire at Europe's largest nuclear plant last weekend, with the IAEA announcing late on Tuesday that inspectors were unable to source the cause of the blaze.

CND's scientific advisor and radiation expert, Dr Ian Fairlie, warns that while the six reactors at Zaporizhzhia remain in cold shutdown, “the overall risk of nuclear meltdown remains elevated.”

Sellafield pleads guilty

The operators of Sellafield have pleaded guilty to overseeing a litany of failures to tackle IT security issues at the nuclear waste site, admitting that the gaps put national security at risk.

Charges were brought against the state-owned company by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) following an exposé by The Guardian newspaper, which found “that 75% of its computer servers were vulnerable to cyber-attacks.” The investigation also revealed a workplace culture of bullying, sexual harassment, and drug taking, as well as crumbling infrastructure at Europe's most toxic waste site.

Commenting on the case, CND General Secretary Kate Hudson said:

“This is a damning admission from Sellafield but their apology is of zero comfort given the severity of their negligence. They have exposed the population to extreme dangers and we need to see evidence that these errors are indeed a thing of the past.” Read the full quote on CND's website here.