An Israeli air strike on a hospital courtyard in the Gaza Strip early on Monday killed at least four people and triggered a fire that swept through a tent camp for people displaced by the war, leaving more than two dozen with severe burns, according to Palestinian medics. The Israeli military said it targeted militants hiding out among civilians, without …

Australia is warning it could stop repatriation flights out of Lebanon due to the low take-up of seats as worries flare over an all-out war. The global community, including Australia, has warned Israel not to aggressively attack Lebanon as it has Gaz a with calls to de-escalate the conflict and reach a ceasefire. Senior minister Jason Clare is striking a …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised Emmanuel Macron on Saturday after the French President called for a halt to arms sales to Israel if the weaponry is used in Gaza. Speaking at a summit on , Macron said a ceasefire is “necessary in Gaza, as in Lebanon”. “We can’t demand a ceasefire while also sending weapons,” he said. “That’s just consistency.” Separately, …

Lebanon’s civil defence department says five of its emergency workers have been killed by an Israeli air strike in the country’s south. The deaths follow a number of incidents in which Lebanese firefighters and paramedics claim they have been fired upon, or warned by the Israeli military not to rescue people or put out fires caused by bombing. Israeli and …

A ministerial power to set international student limits down to the course level at universities and TAFEs should be scrapped from the government’s proposed legislation, a Labor-led Senate committee has recommended. Labor says it plans to bring temporary migration numbers back to pre-pandemic levels and crack down on dodgy education providers by limiting the number of international students able to …

“Millions” of people could fall victim to scams using artificial intelligence to clone their voices, a UK bank has warned. Starling Bank, an online-only lender, said fraudsters are capable of using AI to replicate a person’s voice from just three seconds of audio found in, for example, a video the person has posted online. Scammers can then identify the person’s …

The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike that is reported to have targeted him. In its campaign against the Iran-backed Lebanese group, Israel carried out a large strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs late on Thursday that Axios cited three Israeli officials …

The first flight carrying Australian citizens, permanent residents and their family members out of Lebanon has landed in Cyprus. The Australian government is flying up to 500 people out of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on two charter flights as it continues to urge citizens to leave the country. A second federal government-supported charter flight is due to depart Beirut later on …

When US President Joe Biden urged Israel not to strike Iranian nuclear sites this week, it was taken by many in the international community as the latest sign of his administration’s diminishing influence over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. The US administration has repeatedly warned Israel, since October 7 last year, against a confrontation with Hezbollah, or …

The Federal Government has hardened its position against changes to property tax breaks, despite calls to wind back the concessions and reach a “sensible middle path”. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has poured cold water on rumours his government may consider taking housing reforms to the next election with a number of his Labor colleagues flat out rejecting the idea.  Discussions …