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The attack follows the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander by Israel on Wednesday, as the months-long conflict escalates further along Israel's northern border.

The air strike hit an area that also includes a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, many of whom are living in makeshift tents.

Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon is reportedly summoned to a meeting in Canberra and warned his nation could not expect Australia's support if it goes to war with listed terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Top Hezbollah commander Mohammed Nasser has been killed by an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon.  

Igal uses the online platform Booking.com to advertise his holiday apartment. But human rights lawyers want the practice banned and allege Booking.com is breaking international law.

Israel has released 54 Palestinian prisoners it held in detention during its war in Gaza, including the director of the enclave's Al-Shifa Hospital, Mohammad Abu Selmeyah.

An ABC investigation into superannuation funds offering members "ethical" or "socially aware" options unearths millions of dollars of retirement savings invested in companies that make some of the most controversial and devastating weapons of war.

Benjamin Netanyahu regains favour with voters, and even though his government has lost significant ground eight months into the war in Gaza, it seems reports of his political demise have been exaggerated again.

The attacker — believed to be part of a puritanical Muslim sect — is shot dead after shooting a police officer in the neck at a guard house at the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.

Satellite images show much of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab in ruins after months of Israeli air strikes, offering a glimpse of the scale of damage in one of Hezbollah's main bastions in south Lebanon.

Tears and relief as sick and wounded children are among 68 people who have been medically evacuated from the Gaza Strip so they can have treatment abroad, marking the first medical evacuation in nearly two months. 

Syria says Israel has attacked sites across the south of the country, with two people dead.

The Supreme Court of Israel orders rules for the mandatory military enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men after finding their exemption on religious grounds legally untenable.

The Israel supreme court's order threatens to anger Benjamin Netaynahu's Haredi allies and destabilise his coalition government.

Eight Palestinians are killed in an Israeli air strike at a United Nations aid centre housing displaced families near Gaza City.

Save the Children's Alexnadra Saieh says US aid initiatives like a humanitarian pier just build a 'mirage' of improved access in Gaza.

Israeli soldiers tied a wounded Palestinian to their vehicle and drove him through the city of Jenin as Palestinians filmed the incident. 

Gaza's health ministry says at least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Al-Mawasi, a tented "humanitarian area" on the coast north of Rafah, and 50 wounded.

Israel told Gazans in Rafah to move towards Al-Mawasi because it was a humanitarian area, but several of those who did say the aid they were promised has not arrived.

The island nation of Cyprus has been drawn into simmering tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah after it was warned not to provide assistance to the Israeli military. 

A US spokesperson says the White House is disappointed by the Israeli Prime Minister's claims that the US is withholding arms shipments.

Israel's government has been forced to reaffirm its commitment to eradicating Hamas, after its own military said the goal was unattainable.

In an interview on Israeli TV Daniel Hagari said the idea of destroying Hamas is throwing sand in people's eyes, drawing criticism from the prime minister's office and a military clarification.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Cyprus against allowing Israel to use the island as a base to invade Lebanon.

Hezbollah has accused Cyprus of allowing Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.