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Mohammed Shula displays a picture on his cellphone of himself, centre, with his sons Bilal and Yazan.

Pregnant woman shot dead as Israel shifts operations to potential ‘new front’ for Iran

The call came in the middle of the night. Sondos Shalabi was whispering. There was panic in her voice. “Help please,” she whispered to her father-in-law. “You have to save us.”

  • Isabel Debre

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The NSW Health Department has called in police after footage surfaced appearing to show hospital workers bragging about killing Israeli patients.

Footage appears to show NSW nurses bragging about killing Israeli patients

Two nurses who apparently threatened to kill Israeli patients will be sacked from Bankstown Hospital after allegedly making the shocking statements while on shift.

  • Matthew Knott, Jessica McSweeney and Kate Aubusson
President Donald Trump speaks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House.

Trump, hosting Jordan’s king, renews his insistence that the US can take over Gaza

The president said he didn’t have to threaten to withhold aid to Arab nations in return for co-operation on the plan, reversing his earlier suggestion such a move was possible.

  • Zeke Miller and Chris Megerian
President Donald Trump.

Trump threatens to ‘let hell break out’ after Hamas halts hostage release

The US president has given Hamas a new deadline to release all remaining hostages at once, contrary to the ceasefire deal done with US help and which Hamas claims Israel violated.

  • James Mackenzie, Emily Rose and Alexander Cornwell
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.

Build a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia? Arab leaders slam Netanyahu idea

The Arab League has pushed back on the Israeli’s PM’s remarks, saying they were “a complete detachment from reality”.

  • Jotam Confino
Israeli Or Levy, held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023, before his release to the Red Cross.

Thai hostages released by Hamas return to Bangkok after being held for over a year

Hamas has paraded three Israeli hostages before a crowd of hundreds in the Gaza Strip ahead of their release as part of the ceasefire deal.

  • Wafaa Shurafa
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Footballer Sam Kerr and former ABC radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf.

Kerr and Lattouf: Questions of race, justice and power

Are our power dynamics fixed or shifting? Are they determined by gender, skin colour or cultural currency? Two current cases provide some hints.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Donald Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting ends.

Confounded by Trump’s Gaza folly? Let my old uni professor enlighten you

Just two weeks into Trump’s second term, it’s already apparent that the world’s political axis has shifted. Author and academic Dr Keith Suter provides some context.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, all of whom were abducted and brought to Gaza on October 7, 2023

Hostage and prisoner exchange to continue despite Trump’s widely rejected ‘clean-out’ plan

Hamas has named three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday, while the Trump administration approved the sale of more weapons to Israel worth $11 billion.

  • Julia Frankel and Lolita Baldor
Composite image by Aresna Villanueva.

When cancel culture goes this far, our democracy is in peril

An Australian human rights lawyer is the latest victim of a campaign to shut down Jewish people who dare to criticise Israel.

  • Josh Bornstein

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/israel-azy