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Smoke rises after Israeli airstrike hit al-Bureij camp despite ceasefire in Gaza Strip.

US diplomacy mission as Gaza truce hangs by a thread

THE WASHINGTON POST: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip was planned in advance of Israeli strikes across Gaza, launched after two Israeli soldiers were killed in Rafah.

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Palestinian medics say three more people were killed by Israeli tank fire near the ‘yellow line’.

Trump threatens to ‘eradicate’ Hamas as truce collapses

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner are visiting Israel to shore up a tenuous ceasefire after a weekend of violence in the Gaza Strip.

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Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 19, 2025.

Israel strikes Gaza, halts aid, claiming Hamas broke truce

Israel has launched a wave of attacks on Gaza after accusing Palestinian militants of attacking its forces across cease-fire lines.

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Sabah Abu Ghanem prepares food with her children in a makeshift kitchen in Gaza City.

The heartbreaking reality as Gazans return home

Thousands of Palestinians have returned to Gaza City to find their neighbourhoods destroyed and lives in limbo, as a fragile ceasefire halts the fighting but offers little clarity about what comes next.

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Hopes of a lasting peace in the Middle East are dimming after the Israeli military launched air strikes and artillery fire at targets in southern Gaza.

Israel resumes ceasefire after Hamas’ ‘blatant violation’

The Israeli military says the ceasefire in Gaza has resumed after an attack that killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that killed 26 people.

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The US has accused Hamas of planning a new assault that would breach the Gaza ceasefire.

US warns Hamas preparing deadly Gaza move

The US has issued a stark warning after receiving credible reports Hamas is preparing an attack on Gaza civilians, calling it a grave ceasefire breach.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied claims the Gaza-Egypt border was set to open.

Hostage body handover standoff keeps Gaza border closed

Plans to reopen Gaza’s main border crossing have been abruptly halted, as tensions grow over the delayed return of hostage bodies under the fragile ceasefire deal.

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The International Committee of the Red Cross handed over a body to Israeli forces in Gaza. (AP PHOTO)

Hamas hands over another Israeli hostage's body

Israel has received the coffin of another missing hostage which was handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas.

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Pat Conroy says the Federal Government would consider sending troops to the Middle East.

Top Australian defence official flags tactical help in Gaza

The Albanese Government says it’s appropriate for Australia’s military to prepare contingency plans to deploy troops to the Middle East.

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If there is one person on earth capable of confounding long-held truisms, such as peace between the Palestinians and Israelis will never happen, it’s Trump. 

Why Nobel Prize for infuriating Trump is not so far fetched

BEN HARVEY: If peace in our time turns into peace for all time MAGA-hating progressives will have to face a spectacle they’ll find just as horrifying as the war in Gaza: Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

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An ambulance stands ready to respond to any emergencies in Khan Yunis.

Search for hostage bodies continues as Turkey sends help

Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza.

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Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said if Australia would consider a request for assistance in the Middle East “in the normal course of action”.

Australia readies Gaza troop options but awaits US call

Australia is preparing military contingency plans to deploy troops to the Middle East, but Defence Minister Pat Conroy says no request has been made by the Trump Administration yet.

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US President Donald Trump has escalated his threats against the militant group.

‘We will go in and kill’: Trump clarifies Hamas threat

US President Donald Trump has been forced to clarify that the US military would not be the ones enforcing his earlier threat regarding Hamas’s internal violence. 

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Smoke rises up from the site of explosions in Kabul on October 15, 2025, amid heavy border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan reach truce after Kabul explosions

Both nations announced the ceasefire after a week of deadly clashes along their border and strikes on the Afghan capital threatened to spill into a broader conflict.

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US President Donald Trump has warned Hamas it would be ‘straightened out quickly’ if it fails to honour the Gaza ceasefire.

Hamas can’t find hostage bodies, Trump threatens IDF return

Hamas has returned two more hostage bodies and admitted they can’t locate more, as US President Donald Trump warns Hamas will be ‘straightened out quickly’ if it fails to honour the Gaza ceasefire.

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