19 h. ago Israel says ceasefire and aid to resume after Gaza airstrikes

The Israeli military said it was responding to being fired upon, in what is the most serious test yet of this month’s US-brokered truce.

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21 h. ago Australia news LIVE: PM lands in Washington ahead of meeting with Trump; Jacinta Price fronts court in high

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26 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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28 h. ago Israel launches Gaza airstrikes and halts aid , blaming Hamas for ceasefire ‘violations’

The Israeli military said it was responding to being fired upon, in what is the most serious test yet of this month’s US-brokered truce.

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28 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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30 h. ago Israel halts aid to Gaza in clash with Hamas over breaking ceasefire

Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza on Monday and said it was suspending humanitarian aid to the territory after accusing Hamas of firing on its forces and violating the truce.

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6 d. ago ‘The job is not done’: Trump demands Hamas return hostage bodies to Israel

Hamas plans to return the remains of four more dead hostages, as cracks appear in ceasefire deal with Israel opening fire on “suspects” in Gaza and clamping down on the flow of aid.

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6 d. ago Israel opens fire on ‘suspects’ in Gaza, as cracks appear in ceasefire deal

At least six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip, local authorities say, less than 24 hours after the US president declared peace.

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7 d. ago Emotional scenes as Israeli hostages reunite with their families

For the first time in 738 days, all living Israeli hostages are free from Hamas captivity in Gaza, while hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel.

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7 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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8 d. ago ‘The war is over’: Trump heads to Israel as hostage release nears

Israel expects to receive all living hostages from Gaza in a single group to be transferred by Hamas on Monday

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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 ‘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 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 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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1 week ago Australian activist to join another Gaza flotilla ‘as soon as possible’ after being deported from Israel

The documentary filmmaker and mother-of-two is one of seven Australian activists who were deported to Jordan after alleging “human rights violations” while in captivity.

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1 week ago Israel pauses to mark October 7, with sounds of war from Gaza

Israelis commemorated the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks as fighting continued just across the border and ceasefire negotiations took place in Egypt.

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1 week ago In both Israel and Gaza, the message is the same: Talks must end this war

If Tuesday’s anniversary offered a clarion call, it was this: people on both sides of the border say enough is enough.

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1 week ago Israel has lost the support of the American people. It’s danger time for Netanyahu

Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan and Netanyahu’s public embrace of it has come against the backdrop of unprecedented global condemnation and isolation of Israel over its Gaza operations.

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2 w. ago Free and defiant, Greta Thunberg takes aim at Israel – and the world

The Swedish campaigner arrived in Greece to a cheering pro-Palestinian crowd after Israel deported another 170 people detained when their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted.

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