Australians are being told to expect flight cancellations and other travel disruptions across the Middle East as the region braces for possible US air strikes against Iran.
Andrew Greene
As tensions rise between the US and Iran following the killing of protesters, the US Government has told citizens to ‘leave Iran now’, just hours after Donald Trump said ‘help is on the way’.
Max Corstorphan
‘They often silenced my story and told me not to tell it. Now I am here, sitting in front of the camera, and honestly, no one will silence me anymore.’
Kimberley Braddish
‘Globalise the intifada’ has been chanted at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney after NSW Premier Chris Minns pushed for the slogan to be banned as part of changes to hate speech laws.
The death of a Bedouin clan leader based in Israeli-held Rafah may hamper Israeli efforts against Hamas.
Staff Writers
Israel's military says it has launched air strikes against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, which medics say killed at least 24 people and wounded 54. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES.
WAFAA SHURAFA
The UN Security Council has backed Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, authorising an international stabilisation force and a ‘board of peace’ led by the US President to restore order in the war-ravaged territory.
Peta Rasdien
US Vice President JD Vance has reaffirmed the ceasefire in Gaza remains intact despite ongoing ‘little skirmishes’ following Israel’s powerful military strikes after a Hamas ‘attack on IDF soldiers’.
US Vice President JD Vance has called the mission to disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza ‘a very, very tough task’ but has expressed optimism as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has urged the media to expose Hamas’ brutal beatings and executions in Gaza, sharing harrowing footage it claims shows militants punishing civilians.
US President Donald Trump has escalated threats against Hamas, even as Vice President JD Vance voiced optimism that the Gaza ceasefire was progressing better than expected.
The Israeli military says the ceasefire in Gaza has resumed after an attack that killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that killed 26 people.
The US has issued a stark warning after receiving credible reports Hamas is preparing an attack on Gaza civilians, calling it a grave ceasefire breach.
Madeline Cove
The Albanese Government says it’s appropriate for Australia’s military to prepare contingency plans to deploy troops to the Middle East.
Australia is preparing military contingency plans to deploy troops to the Middle East, but Defence Minister Pat Conroy says no request has been made by the Trump Administration yet.
US President Donald Trump has been forced to clarify that the US military would not be the ones enforcing his earlier threat regarding Hamas’s internal violence.
The Australian Defence Force has begun discussions with the US military about providing personnel to a future ‘international stabilisation force’ in the Middle East as part of Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Andrew Greene and Katina Curtis
Hamas has returned two more hostage bodies and admitted they can’t locate more, as US President Donald Trump warns Hamas will be ‘straightened out quickly’ if it fails to honour the Gaza ceasefire.
The IDF said examinations conducted by Israel’s national forensic medicine institute found the body did not match any of the hostages.
Eloise Budimlich
AARON PATRICK: The ceasefire in Gaza has left Hamas free to hunt down and murder its opponents.
Aaron Patrick
After more than two years of being held captive in Gaza, the returned Israeli hostages have shared chilling stories from their time with Hamas.
A deeply distressing video showing Hamas gunmen executing alleged collaborators in Gaza has cast doubt over Donald Trump’s new ceasefire plan. WARNING: Graphic content
Four more Israeli hostage’s bodies have been returned, as US President Donald Trump warns Hamas they will be disarmed if they fail to do so themselves.
AARON PATRICK: Designated prisoner number 22, Elkana Bohbot slept on a mouldy mattress in a tunnel barely big enough stand. Hamas used him in its propaganda war against the Netanyahu government.
