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Albanese pressures Netanyahu as Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal

Albanese pressures Netanyahu as Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal

Hamas said the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.

  • by Nidal al-Mughrabi

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The Albanese government is finally awakening to the bleak nature of Israel’s fighting

The Albanese government is finally awakening to the bleak nature of Israel’s fighting

In appointing a special adviser to review the investigation of seven aid workers, Australia is telegraphing its lack of confidence in the Israeli military justice system.

  • by Ben Saul
After six months of war, is Israel any closer to defeating Hamas?

After six months of war, is Israel any closer to defeating Hamas?

When Israel declared war against Hamas, it enjoyed broad backing at home and abroad. Six months later, Israel finds itself in a far different place.

  • by Josef Federman
Israel is pulling troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear Hamas from Rafah

Israel is pulling troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear Hamas from Rafah

The withdrawal brings Israel’s troop presence to one of the lowest levels since the six-month war began, but officials say the IDF is merely regrouping.

  • by Jack Jeffery and Tia Goldenberg
How and why the US gives billions of dollars of weapons to Israel every year

How and why the US gives billions of dollars of weapons to Israel every year

It was uncontroversial when the Obama administration signed a deal with Israel to provide weapons for a decade. Little thought was paid to how they might one day be used.

  • by Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
Israeli hostage recovered in Gaza ‘killed months ago’, Netanyahu faces huge protests

Israeli hostage recovered in Gaza ‘killed months ago’, Netanyahu faces huge protests

The body of a hostage held in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip has been recovered, three months after he pleaded for his release in a video issued by his Palestinian captors.

  • by Samy Magdy and Sam Metz
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Israel is reportedly using AI to pick Gaza targets to assassinate at their family home

Israel is reportedly using AI to pick Gaza targets to assassinate at their family home

The US and the UN are looking into the explosive claims by two Tel Aviv-based magazines that reveal the use of “Lavender”, a program making devastating decisions.

  • by Augusta Saraiva
Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas to agree to hostage deal

Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas to agree to hostage deal

Running out of patience, the US president is pressuring Arab leaders to do more to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.

  • by Aamer Madhani
US looking at report that Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza

US looking at report that Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza

Two sources said the IDF decided to accept the collateral damage of as many as 15 to 20 civilians killed for every junior Hamas operative the AI program could find.

  • by Kanishka Singh
Aid workers were unloading a million meals. Here’s how the IDF killed them

Aid workers were unloading a million meals. Here’s how the IDF killed them

An Australian aid worker was helping unload 400 tonnes of food at a makeshift jetty in Gaza. She was killed by drone strikes less than 24 hours later.

  • by James Lemon
A clearly marked convoy, an Australian aid worker. Israel has exposed its disregard to the world

A clearly marked convoy, an Australian aid worker. Israel has exposed its disregard to the world

Israel can launch a highly precise strike against sensitive targets and minimise civilian casualties. But in Gaza, Israel’s military is far less clean, far less precise. Indeed, far less disciplined.

  • by Rodger Shanahan