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.

This image grab from a handout video released by the Israeli army on February 13, 2024, shows what the army says is Hamas's chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, walking in a tunnel along with other people, in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel's army released a video it said was of Sinwar, filmed on October 10, 2023 with his family members in a tunnel in the Palestinian territory. The black and white images showing a man said to be the Hamas chief being led through a tunnel together with a woman and three children are said to be the first of him since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. (Photo by Israeli Army / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Handout / Israeli Army' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

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First sighting of Hamas leader since war with Israel erupted

Hamas’s chief appears to be running and hiding in an underground tunnel in video released by Israel. Follow latest. Warning: Graphic

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) takes a seat before his meeting with France's Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne (R) in Jerusalem on February 5, 2024. France's top diplomat's first Middle East trip as foreign minister aims at pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by the Palestinian Hamas movement since October 7, a ministry spokesman said. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP)

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Netanyahu rejects truce deal; UN ‘alarmed’ at ground push

Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a new truce deal with Hamas as the Israeli military pushes into the border city of Rafah where thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge. Follow updates.

RAFAH, GAZA - JANUARY 27: People inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli air strikes, on January 27, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. The toll since the Oct. 7 war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas now exceeds 25,000 dead and 62,000 injured, according to the territory's health ministry. Two-thirds of the victims are believed to be women and children. The United Nations estimates for its part that more than 18,000 Palestinian children have lost a parent. With 25 per cent of the population, or more than half a million people, are in a situation of "food catastrophe" and threatened with famine. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

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UN responds to Australia’s halt on aid to agency in Gaza

The United Nations’ chief has called on Australia and other nations to lift their halt on aid to a UN agency in Gaza after some of its staff were implicated in the Hamas’ October 7 attacks.

UNITED STATES - MARCH 10: CIA Director William Burns testifies during the Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" on Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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‘Critical talks’: CIA chief to negotiate hostage deal

CIA boss Bill Burns is heading to Europe to meet with Middle Eastern officials as part of an ambitious push to free all of the hostages. Follow updates. Warning: Graphic

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Israeli soldiers holding a position rest in a field near the kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel on October 14, 2023, close to the spot where 270 revellers were gunned down or burnt in their cars by Hamas gunmen at the Supernova music festival in the Negev desert on October 7. Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed at least 1300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed more than 1900 in the Gaza Strip ahead of a potential Israeli ground invasion of the territory. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

‘Feeling discomfort we survived’: How one kibbutz fought Hamas

A dozen Israeli volunteers have shared the harrowing moment they saved 1000 people in their kibbutz from being attacked by Hamas.

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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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Pro-Palestinian protestors take part in a rally in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 14, 2023. A pro-Palestinian rally attracted some 1,000 people to downtown Copenhagen Saturday as Danes showed opposition to a huge Israeli military response in Gaza to last week's bloody incursion into Israel by Hamas. (Photo by Rasmus Flindt Pedersen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Tens of thousands ignore warnings to join pro-Palestine protests

Around the world people have taken to the streets to support Palestine. See the protest pictures.

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