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Australia boosts humanitarian aid for Gaza amid calls for safe civilian passage

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is ‘distressed’ international efforts to get civilians out have so far failed.

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Australia is putting in an extra $15 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza as the foreign minister continues to call for a safe passage for innocents out of the besieged strip.

Released Israeli hostage says she ‘went through hell’

The elderly woman has relived her kidnapping and described the ‘spiderweb’ of tunnels underneath Gaza.

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Yocheved Lifshitz was held hostage in Gaza for more than two weeks.

Australia to deploy additional ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East

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The ADF is sending aircraft and personnel to the Middle East in case the security situation worsens. (EPA PHOTO)

Heartbreaking reason Gazan parents are writing names on children’s bodies

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Wounded Palestinians sit in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Oct. 17, 2023.

Two more hostages released by Hamas as airstrikes continue

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Israeli hostages Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper have been released by Hamas militants. (AP PHOTO)

Australian boy trapped in Gaza begs for help: ‘Really scared’

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Melbourne boy Yazan Hellis, 12, is trapped in Gaza with his mother and little sister.