Israel Conflict

Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas have launched a large-scale campaign against Israel. Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict, the war began with a militant invasion of Israel from the Gaza Strip. It continues.

Air Warfare Destroyer NUSHIP Sydney sails through Sydney Heads and enters her namesake harbour for the first time on 27 March 2020. *** Local Caption *** NUSHIP Sydney arrived in her namesake city for the first time on 27 March 2020, 36 years to the day since the last warship to carry the name arrived in Sydney. The 147-metre long Air Warfare Destroyer came alongside her new homeport at Garden Island in Sydney following the transit from Osborne in South Australia where she was built. Sydney is the last of three Hobart Class vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and is based on the Navantia F100 frigate design. She is equipped with advanced combat systems, providing the ship with the layered defensive and offensive capabilities required to counter conventional asymmetrical threats. Sydney will commission into the Royal Australian Navy in May 2020. Her sister ships Hobart and Brisbane commissioned in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

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‘Finally’: China reacts after Australia rejects US request

China has hailed a decision by the Australian government to reject a US Navy request for a warship in the Middle East.

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - DECEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) A Palestinian injured in Israeli airstrikes is treated at Nasser Medical Hospital on December 19, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The United Kingdom, France and Germany are the latest countries to call on Israel to reach a "sustainable truce" after more than two months of war in Gaza, which was sparked by the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that left 1,200 dead and around 240 taken hostage. In Israel's retaliatory air and ground offensive, nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health officials. The Israeli prime minister has resisted calls for a ceasefire, saying last week that "military pressure is necessary both for the return of the hostages and for victory." (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

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Israel ‘ready’ to pause war; Hamas chief to hold talks

Israel has signalled it wants a second hostage exchange deal as the chief of Hamas heads to Egypt for ceasefire talks. Warning: Graphic

Smoke billows over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip during Israeli bombardment on December 17, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)

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Gaza refugee camp hit; civilians ‘buried alive’

Dozens have been killed in an air strike on a refugee camp as horrifying reports emerge about an Israeli raid on a hospital. Warning: Graphic

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - DECEMBER 14: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts graphic content) Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes arrive at Nasser Medical Hospita on December 14, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. A so-called safe zone where Palestinians have been ordered to evacuate to by the Israeli army is the coastal Bedouin town of al-Mawasi in the south of the besieged strip which is about 1km (0.6 miles) wide and 14km (8.7 miles) long. World Health Organisation's Executive Board adopted a rare resolution on access for life-saving aid into Gaza and respect for laws of war, with the UN health chief reiterating an immediate ceasefire as "nowhere and no one is safe" in Gaza. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

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Starving Palestinians raid aid trucks; Israeli troops in scandal

Desperate Palestinians are stopping aid trucks and eating food immediately, as a group of Israeli soldiers faces discipline over an offensive act in a mosque. Follow updates. Warning: Graphic

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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man reacts as he holds an injured girl following an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Relief convoys which have been waiting for days in Egypt were on October 17, headed towards the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza, aid officials said, as thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Israel’s war on Gaza a breeding ground for Hamas

There are fears Israeli air strikes on Gaza — which have killed nearly 3000 Palestinians including children — could be working in Hamas’s favour.

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From left to right: Tomer Shevel (22), Natie Shevel (55), Lisa Segelov (58), Maya Shevel (25) , Lior Shevel (19) and Avi Shevel (27).. Lisa Segelov, originally from Sydney, is on tender hooks, as three of her four children are with the Israel Defense Forces. Supplied

‘I’m ready for war’: Aussies join Israel’s fight

Australian-Israelis are joining the fight against Hamas saying it’s “not an option when my people are dying”. See who’s going.

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Supporters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad carry pictures of killed militants as they take part in a rally marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation, in Gaza City on October 6, 2023. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Terror group linked to hospital attack

Israel has blamed a hospital explosion in the Gaza Strip that has killed at least 500 people to a relatively small terror group. See who they are.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - The Sunday Telegraph Photos - Friday, 13 October, 2023:Yasmin Catley Police Minister pictured shaking hands with David Ossip when visiting Emanuel Synagogue ahead of the weekend protest Picture: The Sunday Telegraph / Monique Harmer

Police Minister visits synagogue to meet Jewish leaders

Embattled Police Minister Yasmin Catley quietly slipped in to a Sydney synagogue on Friday night to meet with the Jewish community amid criticism over her handling of a pro-Palestine rally.

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Israeli occupation of Gaza would be ‘big mistake’: US

US President Joe Biden says he believes that Hamas must be eliminated but that there needs to be a path to a Palestinian state as Israeli troops prepare for a ground invasion. Latest updates. Warning: Graphic

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RAAF flight out of Tel Aviv carrying Aussies

Final flight for Aussies fleeing Israel

Australians in Israel wanting to flee the crisis are being urged to take the final charter flight out of Tel Aviv.

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15/10/23. A 'Solidarity with Palestine' rally to be held in Adelaide on Sunday @ Parliment house.Picture: Keryn Stevens

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in Adelaide

Calls to end the war and “free Palestine’’ dominated a gathering of more than 1000 people on the steps of SA’s Parliament House on Sunday.

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A message sent to mother of two Hen Biton, a refugee from Ashkelon near the Gaza border, telling her to flee her home after an armed Hamas parachuter landed in her street. SUPPLIED

Horror as Hamas fighter lands in front of Israeli family

First came the gunshots, and then the thud that told an Israeli woman terrorists were arriving from the sky, giving her only moments to save her family.

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