Just before the beginning of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, Eman and Ahmed Shat were overjoyed to announce they would soon be welcoming their fourth child. Now in her third trimester of pregnancy and living in an overcrowded refugee camp in Rafah without basic essentials such as food and water, Eman, 29, is severely depressed … Read more
European Union (EU) leaders have issued their first joint demand for a humanitarian ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza in a joint summit statement. The statement called for “an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” and repeated condemnations of the attacks by Hamas against Israel on October 7. In the … Read more
Australia will spend more than $4.6 billion on a submarine nuclear reactor factory in the United Kingdom to ensure its new nuclear-powered fleet arrives on time. The 10-year deal will boost capacity at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby and bankroll the design costs of the boats that Australia will build. Defence Minister Richard Marles and … Read more
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have both clinched their parties’ nominations, kicking off the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. Biden needed 1968 delegates to win the nomination, and he passed that number on Tuesday night as results began to come in from the primary contest in Georgia, Edison … Read more
Presidential contender Nikki Haley has won the Washington DC Republican primary, her first victory in the nominating process and a symbolic win for the former US ambassador to the United Nations. Haley, the only remaining challenger to Donald Trump in the race, won 62.9 per cent of the vote on Sunday, versus 33.2 per cent … Read more
An Australian minister has used a major international platform to warn Israel against launching a full-blown assault in southern Gaza. Finance Minister Senator Katy Gallagher reiterated concerns about an increasingly dire humanitarian situation in the besieged strip and further devastation an invasion would have in Rafah, where more than one million civilians are sheltering. “Australia … Read more
WARNING: Distressing images Israeli attacks have raged across the Gaza Strip as Palestinian health officials say the death toll from Israeli strikes since war broke out in October has passed 25,000, most of them women and children. Gaza’s health ministry on Sunday said 178 Palestinians had been killed in the past 24 hours, one of … Read more
The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanised,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling out a ceasefire, saying “this is a time for war”. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of the UN Relief … Read more
Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, travelling kilometres on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus prompted by Israel’s intensified ground and air campaign. Streams of people — women, children, the elderly and disabled — made their way down Salah Eddin St, one of the two north-south highways in Gaza, along … Read more
An investigation is underway after a tragic incident on Friday that saw the Israel Defence Forces shoot and kill three Israelis in Gaza who had been taken hostage by Hamas during the group’s October 7 terror attack. Here’s what we know. What the Israeli military said happened Watch the latest news and stream for free … Read more
