Middle East

Gaza officials say eight people have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp.
Middle East
Staff Writers

‘Progress' in Gaza peace talks ahead of Trump threat

Palestinian sources say negotiations aiming to reach an accord between Israel and Hamas in Qatar have made progress ahead of Donald Trumps inauguration threat.

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Medical workers say two Israeli air strikes have killed at least 20 people in Gaza City.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israeli troops recover body of a Gaza Strip hostage

The Israeli military says it has recovered another body of an October 7 hostage in a Gaza Strip tunnel.

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Gazan health officials say nearly 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's assault.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Hamas stands by demand for end to war in hostage deal

Hamas and Israel have both accused each other of blocking a deal in the Gaza Strip by adhering to conditions that torpedoed previous peace efforts.

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Families and supporters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip hold signs during a demonstration calling for an hostages deal.
World
Mail Foreign Service

Hamas hostage breakthrough looms with new exchange deal

An official for the Palestinian terror group told a news agency that its proposal would be the ‘first phase’ of an exchange deal with Israel.

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Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip has not slowed while talks to end the war continue.
Middle East
Nidal al-Mughrabi

Hamas and Israel wrangle over talks amid Gaza strikes

A renewed push is under way to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and return Israeli hostages who were taken to Gaza, amid strikes that killed over 100 people.

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A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
World
The New York Times

Terrifying way Islamic State group radicalises ‘lone wolfs’

Despite losing thousands of fighters to death or prison, and suffering the demise of its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group is still radicalising recruits. This is how.

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The US plans a new sale of arms to Israel including munitions for fighter jets and helicopters. (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Mike Stone and Kanishka Singh

US planning multibillion-dollar arms sale to Israel

The administration of President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a proposed $US8 billion ($A13 billion) arms sale to Israel, a US official says.

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The director general of police Mahmoud Salah and his aide Hussam Shahwan were killed in Khan Younis.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israeli air strikes kill 43 including Gaza police chief

An Israeli military strike near Khan Younis targeting officials in the Gaza Strip's police department has killed 11 people, Hamas is claiming.

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Mediators have spent a year trying to broker a truce and hostage release but efforts have stalled.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israel strikes kill eight in Gaza as militants fire rockets

Medics say eight people have been killed in Israeli military strikes on the Gaza City suburb of Shejaia.

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Twenty-day old Ali al-Batran is fighting for life and his twin brother froze to death in Gaza.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Displaced Gaza newborn freezes to death, twin fights on

One 20-day-old twin froze to death and his brother is fighting for life after their makeshift tent in a central Gazan camp was hit with intense cold and rain.

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After months of sporadic missile and drone launches toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas, their Palestinian ally in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis recently escalated a campaign against Israel.
World
The New York Times

Israel struggles to halt attacks from faraway foe off radar

For years, the Houthis were the enemy most Israelis didn’t know they had. Now the Iranian-backed militia that controls much of northern Yemen, is keeping them up at night — literally — with a string of attacks.

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A Longimanus shark in waters near Marsa Alam, Egypt.
Middle East
Matt Shrivell

Shark attack kills one, another injured in tourist hotspot

A popular tourist destination has been thrown into chaos after one man was killed and another was injured after a shark attack in deep waters.

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Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu is recovering in hospital after having his prostate removed.
World
TIA GOLDENBERG

Netanyahu in hospital for surgery with acting PM named

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been hospitalised with a close ally serving as acting leader during surgery.

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It is unclear whether Syria's new leaders will impose strict Islamic rule or move towards democracy.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Syria's de facto leader says vote could take four years

The leader of Syria's rebellion who is serving as the country's de facto leader says it might be another four years before a national election can be held.

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Residents of the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun have been given new orders to evacuate.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israel orders new evacuation of besieged Gaza town

Residents of the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun have been given new orders to evacuate.

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