Middle East tensions
Police investigating 14 people over displays of terrorist symbols
The Australian Federal Police is also probing whether Australians’ commentary about the Middle East war and deceased terrorists crosses any legal lines.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Opinion
Opinion
Australians are traumatised by Middle East horrors. They deserve the facts
Australians with Israeli, Palestinian and Lebanese links are suffering – and that is intensified in a debate often framed by incorrect information.
- by Penny Wong
Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in latest waves of deadly airstrikes
The latest violence comes as the Biden administration renews its diplomatic push, days before the US election, for temporary ceasefire deals.
- by Wafaa Shurafa and Sally Abou Aljoud
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Benjamin Netanyahu
New ceasefire proposal for Gaza as protesters interrupt Netanyahu’s speech
The proposal by Egypt’s president would see a two-day ceasefire in return for hostages. It also includes the release of some Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of aid.
- by Ami Bentov and Tia Goldenberg
Netanyahu vows Iran will pay ‘a heavy price’ after drone strike near his home
Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not be deterred after a Hezbollah drone hit his holiday house as the Middle East conflict showed no pause despite the death of the Hamas leader.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi
Taxpayers pay for Gaza protesters’ office vandalism
Shattered windows, defaced signage, and graffitied shopfronts at MPs offices across the country have cost taxpayers at least $118,000.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Netanyahu era isn’t over. If anything, his popularity is on the rise
The escalation of hostilities in the Middle East that is alarming global leaders is working in Netanyahu’s political favour at home.
- by Matthew Knott
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Middle East at war
Netanyahu agrees to limit strike on Iran: report
The Israeli prime minister has told the US he will strike military targets, not Iran’s oil infrastructure or nuclear installations, according to The Washington Post.
- by Artorn Pookasook and Maya Gebeily
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Israel
Israeli strike on hospital tent camp kills four, ignites a fire that burns dozens
Israeli airstrikes also hit a food distribution centre in northern Gaza, while a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers.
- by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
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Middle East at war
‘There is no justification’: Israeli tank fires at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Israel also aimed airstrikes for the first time at central Beirut, after pounding a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip and killing dozens.
- by Maya Gebeily and Alexander Cornwell
Opinion
Opinion
Every morning I check WhatsApp to make sure my Teta in Lebanon is still alive
Sitting in Melbourne, I hesitate to share my grief for fear of people saying I’m not close enough to the situation in Lebanon to feel this grief. But the uncertainty is paralysing.
- by Abbir Dib
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