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Israel at war: Mid-East on knife edge ahead of assault

Israeli troops mass on the borders of Gaza ahead of a ground assault as Joe Biden weighs a trip to Tel Aviv amid growing clashes in the north with Iranian-backed Hezbollah forces.

Cameron StewartCameron Stewart
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4:47AMOctober 17, 2023
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Israeli soldiers on armoured personnel carriers near Ramallah, on West Bank of Gaza Strip. Picture: Israel Army.
Israeli soldiers on armoured personnel carriers near Ramallah, on West Bank of Gaza Strip. Picture: Israel Army.

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Cameron Stewart
Cameron StewartChief International Correspondent

Cameron Stewart is the Chief International Correspondent at The Australian, combining investigative reporting on foreign affairs, defence and national security with feature writing for the Weekend Australian Magazine. He was previously the paper's Washington Correspondent covering North America from 2017 until early 2021. He was also the New York correspondent during the late 1990s. Cameron is a former winner of the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year.

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