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Gaza aid drop.

Gazans are starving, UN warns, as Israel begins daily halt to operations

With warnings of “famine-like” conditions in parts of Gaza, Israel says it will offer secure aid routes and pause military operations in some places.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Tia Goldenberg and Samy Magdy

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Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, July 26.

The moral test for Labor has shifted on Gaza: Words are not enough

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rightly condemned Israel for breaching international law, but damning statements alone will not stop the killing.

  • Sean Kelly
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is weighing up whether Australia will join France by recognising Palestine.

Albanese plans to recognise Palestine but the timing is crucial

The prime minister wants to recognise Palestine. The question is one of timing and how to ensure an Australian intervention has the maximum diplomatic impact. 

  • Matthew Knott
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in the city of Gaza.

‘Catastrophe must end now’: European leaders unite on Gaza, divide on statehood

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British PM Sir Keir Starmer have chosen not to back French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to recognise a Palestinian state.

  • David Crowe
Smoke and fire rise to the sky following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Thursday.

Israel and US condemn ‘reckless’ French decision to recognise Palestine, as Gaza talks break down

The collapse in the ceasefire negotiations comes as Israel faces increasing global pressure over reports of mass starvation in Gaza and the shooting deaths of civilians trying to get aid.

  • Michael Koziol
Palestinians, including children, line up this week in Gaza City to receive food.

Overkill in Gaza: Penny Wong was right to call out Israel

In an issue as complex as the Israel-Palestine question, it should come as no surprise that Australia and like-minded nations should hold both sides to account.

  • Rodger Shanahan
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Palestinians react after carrying the bodies of those killed while trying to reach aid trucks entering northern Gaza.

‘Gunshots rained down’: 85 killed in Gaza on deadliest day yet for aid-seekers

Israel’s military also issued evacuation orders for parts of central Gaza, one of few areas it has rarely operated with ground troops, and where many organisations trying to distribute aid are located.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy
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Israeli shell hits Gaza church that late pope called every day

Three people were killed and 10 were wounded, including the parish priest who regularly spoke to Pope Francis. Israel expressed regret over what it described as an accident.

  • Wafaa Shurafa and Melanie Lidman
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by ministers from the government attends a session of the Knesset – Israel’s parliament – in Jerusalem, on Monday.

Netanyahu’s governing coalition is fracturing. Here’s what it means for Israel and Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government suffered a serious blow when an ultra-Orthodox party announced it was bolting the coalition and could set in motion his government’s demise.

  • Tia Goldenberg
Relatives carry the body of 13-year-old Seraje Ebrahim, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a drinking water distribution point on Sunday.

Israeli missile kills six children collecting water in Gaza

The Israeli military said the strike had intended to hit a militant but a malfunction had caused it to fall “dozens of metres from the target”.

  • Crispian Balmer

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