Conflict and War

Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, travelling kilometres on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus prompted by Israel’s intensified ground and air campaign.Streams of people — women, children, the…
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Two major hospitals in northern Gaza have closed to new patients, with staff saying that Israeli bombardment and a lack of fuel and medicine meant those already being treated could die.Hospitals in the north of the Palestinian enclave are…
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Violence has erupted as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters squared off in Melbourne’s southeast after a suspicious fire at a nearby burger shop.Police used pepper-spray as a fight broke out in the middle of Hawthorn Road in Caulfield…
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The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanised,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling…
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Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field on Sunday, some chanting anti-Semitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies…
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Falling to her knees in anguish, Muna Habil was inconsolable as her neighbours tried to comfort her.Her mother, her father, her brother and her sister-in-law were killed by a blast at a building in Al Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza…
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A hospital administrator in Gaza has refused Israeli orders to evacuate, calling such a move medically “impossible” as he begged the international community to pressure Israel to dial back.“I am refusing this because I cannot discharge our…
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Egypt said on Monday that Israel was not co-operating with delivery of aid into Gaza and evacuations of foreign passport holders via the only entry it does not wholly control, leaving hundreds of tonnes of supplies stuck.Cairo says the…
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Hundreds of Australians have marched in solidarity with Palestinians after the Israeli government formally declared war against Hamas in response to its surprise attack.The Sydney rally, organised by the Palestine Action Group Sydney, is…
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