Dozens of bodies have been dug out of collapsed buildings and pulled off rubble-covered streets, after an Israeli assault in a district of Gaza City. The discovery of the bodies came after Israeli troops reportedly pulled out of parts of the Tal al-Hawa and Sinaah neighbourhoods following days of bombardment and fighting there. The Israeli … Read more
Russia has rained missiles down on cities across Ukraine in broad daylight, killing at least 29 civilians and badly damaging Kyiv’s main children’s hospital in the deadliest air strike in months, officials say. Hundreds of people rushed to clear debris at the hospital, where windows had been smashed and panels ripped off. Parents holding babies … Read more
Two groups of protesters are staging action at Parliament House in Canberra, with one group currently sitting atop the building and another glued to pillars in the foyer. At least four pro-Palestine activists from the group Renegade Activists have scaled the marble pillars out the front of the building, unfurling three banners over the side … Read more
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
