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Netanyahu dismisses election calls as thousands protest in Tel Aviv
Netanyahu also pledged to push on with the military campaign and said troops would move into the southern border city of Rafah.
- by Ari Rabinovitch
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US reportedly looking to send more weapons to Israel even as Biden pushes for ceasefire
Details of the proposed arms delivery came as Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege by Israeli forces and as warplanes struck Rafah.
Israeli forces raid main Gaza hospital as Rafah concerns grow
Fighting at the hospital comes as Israel faces growing pressure to show restraint after vowing to press its offensive into Rafah.
- by James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli military strikes Lebanon after Hezbollah rocket attack kills soldier
A barrage of Israeli strikes on villages across southern Lebanon killed nine people, including children and fighters, and wounded nearly a dozen.
- by Maya Gebeily
Opinion
Antisemitism
Australia 2024 is nothing like Germany 1933. And yet...
The disturbing rise in antisemitism in Australia is testing our multicultural cohesion like never before.
- by Vic Alhadeff
Israel releases footage it says shows Hamas ‘mastermind’ hiding in Gaza tunnels
The Israeli military says the video was taken under Khan Younis days after Hamas’ October 7 attacks in southern Israel.
- by Sam Magdy, Najib Jobain and Tia Goldenberg
Trapped in Rafah, plunged into darkness, living in deadly limbo
A mass of exhausted people crammed into a two-storey house tells the story of Rafah, the geographic and humanitarian end point of the war in Gaza.
- by Chip Le Grand
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel’s war against Hamas is on a precipice. The world is holding its breath
There are two different ways to try and end the war in Gaza - one of which, at least in the short term, would be far bloodier than the other.
- by Matthew Knott
Tensions in the Red Sea are interfering with British drinking of tea
Tea is largely produced in Asia and East Africa, but the shortest route to UK shelves is not currently the best.
- by Ewan Somerville
Hostages freed by special forces were in Hamas-guarded apartment
Details have emerged about an Israeli special forces action, supported by airstrikes, which freed two hostages and killed at least 67 Palestinians.
- by Najib Jobain, Josef Federman and Samy Magdy
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Israel must listen’: Albanese aghast at Rafah military strikes
Israel says it rescued two hostages in a raid in Rafah on Monday, at the same time as it hit Gaza’s border city from air, land and sea.
- by Matthew Knott