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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6 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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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 ‘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 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 As it happened: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on ‘first phase’ of Gaza peace plan; Housing Australia plagued by resignations, bullying accusations

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1 week ago What we know so far about the Gaza deal – and what needs to happen next

The remaining Israeli hostages and thousands of Palestinian prisoners will be released under the first phase of a deal to end two years of fighting.

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on ‘first phase’ of Gaza peace plan; Housing Australia plagued by resignations, bullying accusations

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2 w. ago Hopes soar for peace in Gaza. This is a problem for Netanyahu

The dilemma for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “He will find himself with the entire world clapping, and he needs to explain why he’s against it.”

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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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2 w. ago Hamas agrees to release all remaining Israeli hostages after Trump issues ultimatum

Hamas said it has accepted some elements of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, including releasing all remaining hostages, but that others require further consultations among Palestinians.

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2 w. ago Tony Blair tried and failed to bring peace to the Middle East before. Can he succeed this time?

Donald Trump says he would chair a new Gaza peace board, but former British prime minister Tony Blair would be responsible for the grunt work.

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2 w. ago Trump has licensed Netanyahu to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza. His plan is peace, maybe – or else

Trump has shown he can, if he is so motivated, simply require Israel to do things. Why, then, won’t he make Israel let more aid into Gaza or give up any designs on ethnically cleansing Gaza?

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2 w. ago ‘Pay in hell if they don’t sign’: Trump sets Hamas a deadline to accept his Gaza peace plan

The US president said he hoped Hamas would sign up to the plan “for their own good” and signalled that the war would get worse if they did not.

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2 w. ago Outfoxed by Netanyahu at every turn, Trump got what he needed this time

It’s easy to be cynical about Trump’s vision for peace in our time, which includes a central role for himself as chair of a new Gaza peace board.

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2 w. ago Tony Blair supervising Palestinian ‘modern governance’ is satire, not diplomacy

The newly unveiled 20-point “peace plan” for Gaza has been presented as a blueprint to end the war. In reality, it is designed less to resolve conflict than to reframe it.

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2 w. ago ‘The full monty’: Hamas told to accept the Trump’s vision of Gaza peace – or else

The US president unveiled his proposal for a ceasefire as a landmark deal to bring peace. In reality, it was more like an ultimatum to Hamas.

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