Month: January 2024

ABC | 9 January 2024 Israel has killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, according to security sources, in an attack on southern Lebanon observers say risks further inflaming the conflict initially sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 last year. It came as US Secretary of State… Continue reading Israel-Gaza updates: Israel Defense Force kills senior Hezbollah commander, pope calls for civilians to be protected

ABC | Jesse Hyland | 8 January 2024 A Sydney man has recalled the terrifying moment he found a device suspected to be a bomb attached to his vehicle after he erected a Palestinian flag outside his home. Theo was taking his rabbits outside when he discovered an item attached to the bonnet of his… Continue reading NSW Police investigate fake bomb left on vehicle in Botany after man flies Palestinian flag

Canberra Times https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8478845/israel-strike-kills-two-palestinian-reporters-in-gaza/ An Israeli air strike on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza has killed two Palestinian journalists who were out reporting, according to health officials in Gaza and a journalists’ union. Hamza al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya were both freelancers. Al-Dahdouh had done freelance work for al-Jazeera and was the son of the… Continue reading Israel strike ‘kills two Palestinian reporters’ in Gaza 8/1/2024

The Canberra Times/ Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8478805/six-palestinians-israeli-killed-in-west-bank-clash/ An Israeli air strike has killed six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says, as Israel says one of its soldiers had been killed, as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the region. Israel said its aircraft fired on Palestinian… Continue reading Six Palestinians, Israeli killed in West Bank clash 8/1/2024

Herald Sun/Jessica Wang https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/melbourne-free-palestine-protest-marks-13th-week-of-rallies/news-story/decc41a7a9a603ec166e32bc5174bff5 Thousands of protesters braved heavy downpour, descending onto Melbourne’s CBD in calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Pro-Palestinian protesters have staged a sit-in at Westminster Bridge in their first major demonstration of the new year. Hundreds of protesters blocked off the bridge and surrounding roads following a march from London’s St… Continue reading Melbourne Free Palestine protest marks 13th week of rallies 7/1/2023

The Age | Paul Nuki | 7 January 2024 The fighting in the Gaza Strip continues with more than 100 targets hit in the past day, but the building blocks for a ceasefire are slowly being put into place. Late on Wednesday, for the first time, a senior Israeli minister outlined proposals for the future… Continue reading Building blocks for a ceasefire in Gaza are slowly being assembled

For the thirteenth week straight, hundreds of Australians have gathered in the nation’s biggest city to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. News / NCA NewsWire| Eli Green | 6 January 2024 Hundreds of people have made their way to the city centre for the first pro-Palestine protest of the year. Dressed in red, green, white… Continue reading Hundreds kick off first pro-Palestine protest of the year in Sydney

ABC / Wires | 7 January 2024 Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia has fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel on Saturday, warning the barrage was its initial response to the targeted killing, presumably by Israel, of a top leader from the allied Hamas group in Lebanon’s capital earlier this week. The rocket attack came a day… Continue reading Hezbollah says it hit Israeli observation post with 62 rockets

The Age/Verity Bowman/5.01 https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/israeli-ministers-propose-palestinians-leave-gaza-when-war-ends-20240105-p5evdn.html Some members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government are pushing to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to another country, possibly Congo, at the end of Israel’s war against Hamas under a “voluntary migration scheme”. The government is reportedly conducting secret talks in which it is seeking to have Congo and other… Continue reading Israeli ministers propose Palestinians leave Gaza when war ends

The Guardian/Sarah Basford Canales- 5/01 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/05/opposition-south-africa-genocide-case-israel-coalition-stance Albanese yet to reveal government’s stance on South Africa’s case in international court of justice but Coalition says Australia must support Israel’s right to defend itself. The opposition has urged the Albanese government to rule out any support for what it says is South Africa’s “unbalanced” case against Israel… Continue reading Opposition says Australia should not support South Africa’s ‘unbalanced’ genocide case against Israel