Today
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
In Beirut’s once-bustling suburbs, smoking rubble and eerie quiet
Most of the residents of the Dahiya – the collection of neighbourhoods on the southern outskirts of Beirut where Hezbollah is the dominant power – have fled this week.
- Christina Goldbaum and Hwaida Saad
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
How Israel could retaliate against Iran
Officials say Israel’s options include attacks in Iran, such as on missile launchers or oil infrastructure, some have even called for strikes against its nuclear facilities.
- James Shotter
IMF warns Chalmers; Origin’s hydrogen blow; OpenAI’s $229b moment
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Israel vows Iran will pay ‘heavy price’, Lebanon combat intensifies
Israel and Iran traded verbal blows, while in Lebanon the first direct troop clashes claimed lives on both sides.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Matthew Cranston
Yesterday
Israel’s twin fears collide on a Jaffa street
Israelis confronted the anxieties that have consumed them for most of their lives – a chance encounter with death from a gunman, and an attack by a powerful enemy.
- Mehul Srivastava, Polina Ivanova, James Shotter and Raya Jalabi
Walz, Vance clash, politely, in policy-heavy debate
The two vice-president hopefuls mostly struck a cordial tone, instead saving their fire for the candidates at the top of their tickets during their only debate.
- Updated
- Nicholas Nehamas
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Iran is playing its last few cards as its missiles strike Israel
Iran has little chance of defeating Israel in an all-out war. Tehran is in no position to dictate terms, and it knows it.
- Patrick Gibbons
PM condemns Iran; Vance debates Walz; CBA shuffles ranks
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This Month
‘Ask that question again’: Dutton’s fiery clash with ABC reporter
The opposition leader has accused the ABC of failing to support the government’s definition of terrorism, after a heated exchange with a reporter.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Where middle Australia meets the Middle East
Israel’s push into Lebanon ensures a greater fraying of any complacency about this country’s claims to enjoy enduring social cohesion over generations of immigrants.
- Jennifer Hewett
Leaders depart UN empty-handed, facing wider Middle East war
There was no expectation of major breakthroughs at the annual gathering of presidents, premiers and other leaders. There rarely is. But this year was especially grim.
- Edith Lederer and Jennifer Peltz
Iran, Israel and the rising threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb
Iran’s supreme leader may decide that the only way ahead for the regime - despised by its own citizens and vulnerable to Israeli attack - is nuclear weapons.
- The Economist
September
Nasrallah’s funeral could coincide with IDF invasion
The Hezbollah leader’s funeral – like his speeches – is likely to garner considerable attention across the region and may be exploited by anti-Israeli forces.
- Melanie Swan, Paul Nuki and Adrian Blomfield
Israel strikes multiple fronts amid fears of regional war
Israel’s show of military force reached from Lebanon to the province of Hodeidah in Yemen, where IDF warplanes attacked power plants and shipping infrastructure.
- Christopher Maag, Euan Ward and Adam Rasgon
ASX hits fresh record; Dutton calls for arrests; Five bubble dangers
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- Analysis
- Middle East tensions
Who will replace Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah?
With Israel eliminating the Iran-backed group’s senior leaders seemingly at will, whoever takes the helm will have few illusions about their life expectancy.
- Adrian Blomfield
How Israeli spies penetrated Hezbollah
The depth and quality of Israeli intelligence helped Netanyahu’s forces turn the tide against the Lebanese militant group.
- Mehul Srivastava, James Shotter and Raya Jalabi
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Israel’s dream of a new Middle East order could become a nightmare
With its decapitation of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli government hopes that it has finally seized the initiative in the battle with its regional enemies.
- Gideon Rachman
Airstrikes on central Beirut ahead of possible land battle
Productivity goes backward in June quarter; Labor records $15.8 billion surplus; Hezbollah flag wavers should be arrested, says Dutton. Follow updates here.
- Tom Burton
- Updated
- Middle East tensions
Hezbollah confirms its leader killed in Israeli airstrike
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said its long-time leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike at the group’s headquarters.
- Updated
- Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman