Occupied Palestinian Territories

The local fallout from the Middle East war is signalling that Australian multiculturalism has moved into a new, more challenging phase, fraying its fibre. Even when it finally ends, the divisions and wounds will not be healed easily or soon.

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

Senator Fatima Payman was once held up by colleagues the modern face of both Australia and the party she represented. On Thursday, she joined the crossbench. 

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.

The West Australian senator has told colleagues she is seeking religious guidance on her next move but is expected to make a decision on quitting her party today. 

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.

Labor senator Fatima Payman draws heavy fire from her colleagues on Monday morning after she was banished from the federal party for her defiance over Palestine.

Fatima Payman's calculated defiance is also in many ways the worst outcome for Labor. This painful episode has shown the power of this one senator to unleash a seismic political disruptor inside the party. But the events of the past days have also revealed Payman's unexpected political ally within Labor.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The October 7 attacks united many Israeli politicians and citizens in grief and anger but, after eight months of war, that has changed and right-wing voices now have a larger seat at Benjamin Netanyahu's table.

The Israeli prime minister had disbanded the war cabinet overseeing military decisions in Gaza after the resignation of one of its three members. The move will likely consolidate Benjamin Netanyahu's influence over the conflict.

The war cabinet was dissolved following the departure of Benny Gantz, a longtime political rival of Mr Netanyahu who had joined the coalition in the early days of the war. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticises plans announced by the military to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza. 

The Israeli Defense Forces says it will hold daily tactical pauses in military activity in parts of southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the area, where international aid organisations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis. 

Two Jewish mates organise an event that brings hundreds of Canberrans together to raise funds for Australian doctors working in Gaza.