4 h. ago Australia news LIVE: PM heads to Washington to meet Trump; Israel halts aid to Gaza in clash with Hamas over breaking ceasefire

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6 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese heading to Washington to meet with Trump; Israel halts aid to Gaza in clash with Hamas over breaking ceasefire

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5 d. ago Ceasefire tested as Israel accused of shooting Palestinians returning home

Israel says it opened fire on suspects after they crossed the new “Yellow Line” in Gaza, as both sides test peace deal brokered by Donald Trump.

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5 d. ago As it happened: Gaza hostages freed as world leaders back Trump’s peace deal; Chalmers says superannuation tax changes better for lower

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6 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Gaza hostages freed as world leaders back Trump’s peace deal; Chalmers says superannuation tax changes better for lower

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6 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Gaza hostages freed as world leaders back Trump’s peace deal; AFP probes Thorpe’s ‘burn down Parliament house’ comment

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6 d. ago Gaza hostage release live updates: Trump lands in Israel as first seven of 20 hostages released by Hamas; Red Cross operation continues in southern Gaza

Hamas is set to release 20 living Israeli hostages that were captured during the October 7, 2023, attack, as US President Donald Trump heads to Israel ahead of the handover. Follow our live coverage here.

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6 d. ago Gaza hostage release live updates: Names of first seven hostages released by Hamas revealed as Red Cross operation gets under way in Gaza; Trump set to land in Middle East

Hamas is set to release 20 living Israeli hostages that were captured during the October 7, 2023, attack, as US President Donald Trump heads to Israel ahead of the handover. Follow our live coverage here.

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9 d. ago ‘They’re all tired of the fighting’: Trump optimistic as Gaza ceasefire takes effect

The Israeli military says troops have started withdrawing under the truce, clearing the way for an urgent effort to ramp-up food and medical supplies to the territory.

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1 week ago ‘Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize’: Veteran Israeli negotiator hails Gaza deal

Gershon Baskin, who played an important role in back-channel discussions on the new ceasefire deal, was tasked with helping to convince Hamas that the US president was serious about ending the war.

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1 week ago At key moment in talks that led to Gaza deal, Trump refused to take no for an answer

After months of gridlock, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza came together in days after a deft manoeuvre – or perhaps a misunderstanding – by the US president that boxed in the adversaries.

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1 week ago The key moment in Gaza talks, when Trump refused to take no for an answer

A deft manoeuvre by the US president – or perhaps a misunderstanding – boxed in Israel and Hamas and forced a breakthrough, after months of gridlock.

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1 week ago ‘We ended the war’: Joy in Gaza, Israel as Trump acclaims peace deal

Israel appears set to welcome hostages home from captivity under Hamas as soon as Monday or Tuesday, clearing the way for Palestinian prisoners to be released.

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1 week ago Celebrations in the streets after Trump announces Gaza peace deal

The agreement covers the “first phase” of a plan to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and will see all remaining hostages returned home.

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1 week ago Trump’s Gaza deal is a welcome ceasefire. Now for the tricky bit

Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is a circuit breaker in the cycle of death. But it does not address its drivers. This is a ceasefire. Peace is harder.

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1 week ago Why Trump is unlikely to win Nobel Peace Prize, even after Gaza breakthrough

The US president has piled pressure on the Nobel Committee to get the award – but one historian says he would only win if the judges had a “nervous breakdown”.

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1 week ago A moment of hope breaks the despair of the Gaza war – thanks to Donald Trump

For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.

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1 week ago Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages as Trump announces Gaza deal

The agreement covers the “first phase” of a plan to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip after two years of bloody conflict, with hostages to be released soon.

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1 week ago ‘They’re going to need me’: Trump may go to Middle East to close Gaza deal

Donald Trump has offered an upbeat assessment of ongoing peace negotiations after being passed a handwritten note from Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to declare a deal was “very close”.

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2 w. ago Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release hostages

Hamas says it has accepted some elements of the US President’s plan to end the war, but that others require further consultation.

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