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Gaza charity boat Madleen boarded

‘Ditch the phones’: Israel boards Gaza charity boat with Greta Thunberg on board

Social media footage showed a chaotic scene as the yacht Madleen was boarded, and Israel says the activist crew will now be sent to their home countries.

  • Yesica Fisch, Marissa Newman, Wafaa Sharafa and Kareem Chehayeb

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Einav Zangauker holds a poster of her son, Matan, at an earlier protest in February.

Israeli mother pleads for her son as body of Thai hostage recovered

Hamas says the Israeli military has surrounded the area where Matan Zangauker is being held in Gaza, and that any harm that comes to him during a rescue attempt would be Israel’s responsibility.

  • Sam Mednick and Mohammad Jahjouh
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem last month.

Israel acknowledges it is backing armed alternatives to Hamas in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has “activated” some clans that are opposed to Hamas, but witnesses say the fighters he was referring to have been looting aid while Israeli soldiers watch.

  • Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy and Sam Mednick
Gaza aid GIF

Fourteen countries on UN Security Council voted for Gaza ceasefire. One country held out

The draft resolution called for an immediate and permanent end to fighting, as a humanitarian crisis grips the enclave that is home to more than 2 million people.

  • Michelle Nichols, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer
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‘A place of killing’: The US aid agency sowing chaos in Gaza

Images of desperate Palestinians penned behind fences and accounts of soldiers shooting civilians have plagued the controversial new US aid project.

  • Henry Bodkin and Ruwaida Amer
Palestinians carry bags filled with food and humanitarian aid provided by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis.

Gaza aid sites closed as Israel declares ‘combat zones’

Palestinian sources and witnesses said Israeli forces fired on people heading towards an aid distribution hub on Tuesday, killing at least 27.

  • Mohammad Jahjouh and Samy Magdy
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A protest at the University of Melbourne in May last year.

Melbourne University students face expulsion over Gaza protest

Two students at the prestigious institution face expulsion and another two have been threatened with suspension over their sit-in at an academic’s office last year.

  • Noel Towell
A Palestinian girl waits to collect donated food from a distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Friday.

‘Death trap’: Dozens killed waiting for food in Gaza

Witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds waiting before dawn for a controversial new aid distribution site to open.

  • Mohammad Jahjouh and Samy Magdy

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Age readers respond to the various views on offer about the Israel-Palestine situation.

Palestinians with boxes of humanitarian aid collected from a distribution centre in the Netzarim Corridor, central Gaza Strip, on Thursday.

Israel accepts Gaza ceasefire plan, US says, as Hamas reviews draft

This week’s chaotic start to a new aid operation has raised international pressure on Israel to get more food into Gaza and halt the fighting.

  • Gram Slattery, Michelle Nichols and Nidal al-Mughrabi

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