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Terror plot to hijack Australian plane and fly to hostile country revealed

The alleged potential hijacker remains in custody.

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Authorities have foiled a terror plot to hijack an Australian plane and fly to a hostile Middle East country.

Gaza’s biggest city is in chaos ahead of an imminent Israeli assault

Infestations of lice and a lack of vitamins and food are among the everyday problems Gazans now deal with.

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A Palestinian looks on at the site of an Israeli strike last month that damaged and destroyed residential buildings.

Leaked recording reveals ex-IDF chief calling 50,000 deaths in Gaza ‘necessary’

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Israeli army soldiers look at destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip as they stand on the border with the Palestinian territory on Wednesday.

Netanyahu calls for ‘voluntary migration’ of Palestinians. Critics call it ethnic cleansing

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel says Gazans free to leave as Hamas mulls ceasefire

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Israeli soldiers uses binoculars to look at damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip, from southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Albo calls Israel blocking aid an ‘affront to common decency’

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Australia is among 29 countries that issued a joint statement overnight calling for urgent action by Israel to allow aid to enter Gaza.