Middle East

After two years in captivity, Israel’s final hostages have returned home. Tears are flowing and the streets have filled with joyous celebration as a weary nation begins to heal.

Hamas has rounded up and shot dead dozens of people accused of collaborating with Israel in Gaza as it moves to become a post ceasefire de facto police force.

Two years after being torn apart by Hamas, Noa Argamani and her partner Avinatan Or have finally been reunited.

Australia was absent from Donald Trump’s Gaza peace signing ceremony in Egypt, despite the Albanese Government claiming its recognition of Palestine helped the deal that ended two years of war.

US President Donald Trump and other world leaders met at a peace summit to sign a document on the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

In extremely emotional reunions, all 20 remaining living Israeli hostages have been reunited with their families.

Donald Trump has hailed the ‘historic dawn of a new Middle East’ in an address to the Israeli parliament to mark the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

Twenty hostages held by the terrorist group for 737 days were released from Gaza, locking in a ceasefire that could lead to permanent peace in the Palestinian enclave and triggering celebrations across Israel.

Hamas has handed over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross as part of the Gaza ceasefire, Israel says.

Hamas is set to release hostages it has been holding in Gaza in exchange for almost 2000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners.

Israel and Hamas are soon expected to exchange hostages as part of a ceasefire agreement brokered last week by international mediators.

Taliban troops and Pakistani soldiers exchanged fire with both sides claiming wildly different death tolls in as border tensions between the neighbouring countries erupted.

AARON PATRICK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly demanded Hamas be disarmed and removed from power. In Gaza, the terrorist group reasserted its dominance with violent reprisals.

Crowds in Tel Aviv gathered in hope and heartbreak as Israel awaited the release of the final hostages from Gaza.

Israel is waiting for hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be freed as world leaders fly to Egypt to mark the agreement between Israel and Hamas.