Middle East

Australia has welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas have struck the first phase of a peace deal that will lead to the release of all hostages and withdrawal of troops from Gaza.

US President Donald Trump said he plans to travel to Israel on Sunday or Monday, around the time the last 20 hostages would be released after two years in captivity.

The second day of indirect negotiations at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh focused on the plan proposed by US President Donald Trump last week that aims to bring about an end to the war.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard will be formally listed as a terror organisation, after the group allegedly organised attacks on Jewish sites in Australia.

Displaced residents gathered before the sun rose on October 7 to honour relatives killed two years ago in the Hamas-led attacks, a terrible day in rituals marred by the irrepressible sounds of war.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has accused Israeli forces of ‘kidnapping and torturing’ her after she was detained on a Gaza aid flotilla.

EDITORIAL: Two years after Hamas militants penetrated the Israeli border on a mission to cause as much death and pain as possible, the tragedy of October 7 continues. 

JUSTIN AMLER: October 7 was a war on Jews everywhere, stripping away the illusion that we were safe in great Western democracies like Australia that value peace, tolerance and coexistence.

An Israeli minister condemned the offensive messages that celebrate the terrorist organisation responsible for killing more than 1200 Israelis in 2023 and urged Australian leaders to act.

AARON PATRICK: An anti-Israel gathering on the anniversary of the war’s start demonstrates why the Palestinian-Jewish conflict is so intractable.

Israel and Hamas have gathered in Egypt for indirect talks over a US-backed plan to end the Gaza war after months of deadlock.

Supporters of Palestine have been warned they will damage their political cause if they take to the streets to hold rallies on the two-year anniversary of the bloody Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. 

Half a dozen Australians have been detained by Israel after a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted, with allegations they are being abused.

The Israeli PM claims the Gaza plan is the result of a diplomatic move that he had coordinated over weeks, and jointly presented, with Mr Trump. Mr Trump told it a bit differently,

With Tuesday marking two years since the Hamas attack that sparked the war, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US was hoping for a quick deal to bring home all hostages.