Israel ‘must withdraw from Lebanon by Feb 18’: Hezbollah
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says the Lebanese government must ensure Israel’s withdrawal as Marco Rubio called on Beirut to disarm the terror group.
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Hamas ‘must be eradicated, hostages released’: Rubio
US Secretary of State says Hamas must be destroyed and unable to control the Gaza Strip, as he made his first visit to Israel as Washington’s chief diplomat.
Released hostages back in Israel, 100s of Palestinian prisoners freed
Hamas has handed over three Israeli male civilians held hostage in Gaza, as the latest swap of hostages for Palestinians under the ceasefire began.
Council mulls divisive ‘BDS lite’ plan
One of Australia’s most wealthy and influential councils is poised to implement a ‘politically, not legally’ motivated ‘BDS lite’ policy in what Jewish leaders say is a divisive singling out of Israel.
Female hostages ‘shown torture videos of male captives’
Four freed female Israeli hostages have described their mistreatment in captivity as Israel waits to see if Hamas will keep its word and free three captives on Saturday.
Israel and Hamas agree to resolve ceasefire dispute
Hamas agreed to release three hostages on Saturday and may free another six next week after receiving guarantees from mediators that caravans and medical equipment would be allowed into Gaza.
Tah’s plan: Edmed and Suaalii to launch a threat set to rival Folau
Waratah playmaker Tane Edmed holds the key to unlocking Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s potential, and has a plan to replicate Israel Folau’s aerial assault, JAMIE PANDARAM with the exclusive details.
Israel ‘plans to strike Iranian nuclear sites’: US intelligence
Israel is considering significant strikes on Iranian nuclear sites this year, aiming to take advantage of Iran’s weakness, US intelligence agencies warn.
Truce ‘to hold if Hamas releases three hostages Saturday’: Israel
Jerusalem reportedly sent the message to Hamas through mediators Egypt and Qatar as the Defence Minister threatens to open ‘the gates of hell’ if the captives weren’t freed by the noon deadline.
New low: Nurses’ anti-Jewish hatred antithesis of medical ethics
The concerns of Australian Jews will be heightened by the fact that the video of two nurses threatening to kill Israeli patients is part of a despicable, long-running pattern of anti-Semitism.
Game changer for a game in need of a superhero
For most of his career, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has been pushed and pulled in different directions by those who want something from him and two rugby codes that claim him as their own when he belongs to both. I just want to watch Suaalii play.
Gaza plan a red line for Egypt and Jordan. Will it backfire on Trump?
Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw aid unless Egypt and Jordan accept Gazans is unlikely to sway them. They’ll simply look to rich Gulf countries or even China, a key investor, to bail them out.
‘All bets off’: Noon Saturday for all hostages or return to war: US, Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu warns Israel will resume ‘intense fighting’ unless all hostages set to be freed in the first phase of the ceasefire are released, as the military bolsters troops, warns of a Hamas attack.
Trump shows who’s in charge with threat to unleash hell
Donald Trump has signalled that the US, Israel and the rest of the civilised world will no longer tolerate a crime strongly resembling the worst genocide committed in human history.
Trump calls for action on hostages release
With his ultimatum, President Donald Trump shows every intention of preventing Hamas from resorting to delay tactics and the time advantage it may give the terrorists.
Chance to staunch Greens poison
If the mainstream parties are to join forces to rid Australian politics of the Greens’ high-tax, anti-development, anti-business, anti-Israel and anti-gas policies, lessons should be learned from the party’s loss of the Victorian state seat of Prahran.
We should never have hired ‘activist’ Lattouf: Buttrose
Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has declared Antoinette Lattouf an activist who was ‘critical of Israel’ and should never have been hired by the public broadcaster, in a feisty Federal Court appearance.
‘Release all hostages Saturday or all hell will break loose’: Trump
Donald Trump has said the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will end at noon Saturday unless all hostages are freed, after the terror group said it would delay the next release and the IDF readies for ‘any possible scenario’.
‘Spectacular error’: Buttrose grilled over Tingle email amid Lattouf axing
Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose got an email from the public broadcaster’s chief political correspondent expressing her ‘deep concern’ about the public debate around Lattouf’s dismissal, the Federal Court has been told.
South Africa boycott is symbolic
Seizing well-run, productive white farms was never going to be good policy. Neither is siding with Moscow and Beijing within BRICS and lining up with Iran and Hamas against Israel.
Netanyahu praises Trump’s ‘revolutionary, creative’ Gaza plan
The Israeli Prime Minister has reiterated his support for Trump’s plan to take over Gaza, as the US President compares freed hostages to ‘holocaust survivors’.
‘Tortured’: Israeli family begs for release of blinded hostage
Alon Ohel’s family is told he’s starving and seriously injured by shrapnel as freed hostages tell how they were kept chained and repeatedly told, falsely, that they were to be released.
Israel pulls out of Netzarim Corridor as part of truce deal
The withdrawal leaves Israel with a small footprint inside Gaza as the two sides look toward extending the deal that would end the war and release the remaining Israeli hostages.
Sure it’s crazy – but Trump’s Gaza plan just might work
Trump’s plan may be from left field but, unlike most, he has a record of achievement in the Middle East.
ABC’s woeful moral equivalence
The release of three more hostages recalled the shocking images of Holocaust survivors emerging from Nazi concentration camps.
Senator vows review into grants to anti-Israel artists
Opposition arts spokeswoman Claire Chandler will review the allocation of government funding to artists who express anti-Semitic views, declaring that the sector has earned a ‘bad reputation’ for being too left wing.
Canva overhauls office policy after pro-Hamas event balls-up
Design firm Canva has been forced into a hasty overhaul of its office policy guidelines after hosting a Sydney event featuring pro-Hamas speakers.
Israel orders negotiators to Doha after fifth hostage-prisoner swap
He repeated his vow to crush Hamas and free all remaining hostages, denouncing the militant group as “monsters” after the handover of three captives in Gaza who appeared emaciated and were forced to speak on a stage.
‘Starved, emaciated, pained’: Israel shocked at sight of freed hostages
Israeli president accuses Hamas of a crime against humanity as the families of Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi react in horror at the men’s frailty after they were paraded on stage by their captors.
US green-lights $11.8bn in bombs, missiles to Israel
US Congress is unlikely to block the proposed sale of the weapons to Washington’s closest ally in the Middle East.
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