Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leaning towards a a complete military takeover of Gaza, according to media reports.

Senator Wong’s stark analysis of the Middle East crisis on Tuesday followed reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was preparing a bid to fully occupy the Gaza Strip.

Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff announced the end of ‘piecemeal’ ceasefire negotiations, as Israel’s leader digs in for another offensive to ‘occupy Gaza’.

The Israeli Prime Minister has compared the actions of Hamas to that of the nazis in World War II after another video of a hostage taken by the terrorist group during the October 7 attack emerged.

Anthony Albanese has requested a phone call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, while Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says the Coalition will only support Palestinian statehood on one condition.

A video showing a severely emaciated Israeli hostage held by Hamas has been released as hostage families meet with US envoy Steve Witkoff to demand their return.

Hamas says an independent Palestinian state must be established before it agrees to disarm.

US envoy Steve Witkoff has toured one of Gaza's aid distribution sites, which have become deadly flashpoints for starving Palestinians scrambling for food.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the United Kingdom will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire.

The Israeli Defence Force has published footage it claims shows a group of armed Hamas terrorists ‘looting an aid truck’.

Anthony Albanese says it’s ‘beyond comprehension’ for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his representative in Australia to claim there is no starvation happening in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump has called for more aid to address the conditions in the Gaza Strip, directly challenging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that ‘there is no starvation in Gaza’.

CAMERON MILNER: Macron made a bold call. Albanese blinked. Behind Labor’s foreign policy freeze is a Cabinet deeply split over the Middle East.

WASHINGTON POST: In a major political turnaround, Israel has begun allowing more trucks of food into Gaza and resumed supplying power to a critical water treatment plant.

US President Donald Trump has urged other nations to increase their aid to Gaza, emphasising that the challenges in the Middle East are a global issue.