(The Australian, 4/1/2024) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/turkey-detains-34-suspected-israeli-spies/news-story/0687f7fa16e96e17874c9cbfd486e5a9 ) Turkey announced on Tuesday it had detained 34 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service. The raids came just weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of “serious consequences” should Israel try to target figures from Palestinian militant group Hamas living or… Continue reading Turkey detains 34 suspected Israeli spies

(Canberra Times, 4/1/2024) ( https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8476117/israeli-hostage-killed-during-failed-rescue-bid-army/?cs=14264 ) Israeli hostage Sahar Baruch was killed last month during a rescue attempt by special forces in Gaza, the Israeli military says, without giving details. Hamas said on December 8 that a hostage it named as Sa’ar Baruch had been killed during an attempted rescue operation. “At this point, it… Continue reading Israeli hostage killed during failed rescue bid: army

(Canberra Times, 4/1/2024) ( https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8476098/israel-keeps-up-gaza-bombardment-after-arouris-killing/?cs=14329 ) Israeli forces have kept up their assault on the Gaza Strip and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war reached into Lebanon with the killing in Beirut of the Hamas deputy leader. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied that… Continue reading Israel keeps up Gaza bombardment after Arouri’s killing

(SMH & The Age, 3/1/2024) ( https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-it-struck-series-of-hezbollah-targets-in-lebanon-20240102-p5eum4.html ) Jerusalem: Israeli aircraft and tanks have stepped up strikes in southern Gaza, residents said, after its military announced plans to pull back some troops, a move the US said signalled a gradual shift to lower intensity operations in the north of the enclave. Israel says the war in… Continue reading Israel pulls some troops from Gaza but steps up strikes in the south

(The Age, 3/1/2024) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/senior-hamas-official-killed-in-beirut-by-israeli-drone-security-sources-20240103-p5eutk.html ) Beirut: Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, three security sources told Reuters. In response to questions from Reuters, the Israeli military said it does not respond to… Continue reading Senior Hamas official killed in Beirut by Israeli drone: security sources

(The Age, 3/1/2024) ( https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/the-war-in-gaza-is-changing-but-the-end-is-not-yet-in-sight-20240102-p5eupj.html ) Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is not yet ending, but it is moving into a new, and probably less intense, phase. As 2024 began, the Israeli military announced it would start withdrawing thousands of soldiers from the Gaza Strip in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began… Continue reading The war in Gaza is changing, but the end is not yet in sight

The Age / Reuters | Nidal al-Mughrabi Arafat Barbakh | 2.1.24 CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli jets have intensified attacks on central Gaza, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take ‘‘many more months’’ to end. Netanyahu’s comments signal no… Continue reading Netanyahu defies Biden over enclave

ABC / Reuters / AP | 2.1.24 Thousands of Israeli soldiers will be shifted out of Gaza, the country’s military has said, in its first significant reduction in troops since the war began. Israel’s military said on Monday five brigades, or several thousand troops, were being taken out of Gaza in the coming weeks for… Continue reading Thousands of Israeli soldiers to be moved out of Gaza, as vaccines for babies enter through Rafah

ABC | Allyson Horn and Orly Halpern in Beit Shemesh, Israel | 2.1.24 An Australian man has been killed while fighting with an Israeli armoured brigade in southern Gaza. Reserves Captain Lior Sivan, 32, was serving as a tank commander when he was killed on December 19. He had been called up by the Israeli… Continue reading Australian serving with Israeli Army killed inside Gaza

ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-01/israel-says-war-in-gaza-will-continue-for-months/103276386 Israeli strikes in central Gaza have killed at least 35 more people, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for a ceasefire. Key points:     Hospital sources say intensified Israeli air… Continue reading Israeli strikes kill 35 more people in Gaza as Netanyahu says the war will continue for ‘many more months’