Israeli authorities say 68 people — sick and injured children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt. The Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, known by its acronym COGAT, said the transport was carried out in co-ordination with officials from the United States, Egypt and … Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been reunited with his wife and family after touching down on home soil a free man for the first time in more than a decade. Assange, 52, landed at RAAF Base Fairbairn in Canberra just before 7.40pm (AEST) on Wednesday after flying in on a chartered jet from Saipan, a … Read more
Julian Assange is set to land on Australian soil as a free man after more than a decade holed up in a British high-security jail and in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for exposing US war crimes. His brother Gabriel Shipton spoke to 7NEWS chief reporter Chris Reason from France on Tuesday, opening up about … Read more
President Joe Biden doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal in the near future, given a US-backed proposal with global support has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas. Biden said international leaders had discussed the ceasefire at the Group of Seven summit in Italy but, when asked if a truce deal would … Read more
Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a United Nations inquiry has found, saying that Israel’s actions also constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the October 7 Hamas attacks and another on Israel’s … Read more
Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza while over 200 Palestinians were killed in air strikes in the same area, according to Hamas officials, in one of the bloodiest Israeli assaults of the war. It was not immediately clear if the hostage rescue and the Israeli air … Read more
Emergency humanitarian talks in the Middle East will involve Australia after the “horrifying massacring” of people in Gaza. Early Childhood Education Minister Dr Anne Aly will travel to Amman this week to join an international conference being hosted by Egypt, Jordan and the United Nations. Human rights groups have condemned the loss of Palestinian life … Read more
ANALYSIS As Joe Biden was standing shoulder to shoulder with Emmanuel Macron honouring France’s war dead at Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, they were celebrating in Tel Aviv. Israel had successfully freed four hostages held by Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apparent refusal to sign up to a ceasefire agreement had found limited, short-term success. … Read more
Israel has hit a Gaza school with what it described as a targeted air strike on fighters inside, however a Hamas official says 40 people were killed, including women and children sheltering at the United Nations site. Video footage showed Palestinians hauling away bodies and scores of injured in a local hospital after the attack, … Read more
The State Library of NSW has apologised after a security guard removed a student wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf. The library posted an apology on its Instagram page, explaining the guard had asked the student wearing the keffiyeh to leave the building, in the Sydney CBD. It said management had since spoken to the guard … Read more
