He disappeared during the last Israel-Gaza war too.

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5 January 2009

For the last nine days, the eyes of the world have been on war-torn Gaza as it descended into all-out conflict and hundreds lost their lives.

Yet Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair was far from the action - spending Christmas and New Year with his family.

For at least part of the time he was in London, where he was spotted at a special private opening of the Armani store in Knightsbridge.