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Israeli government ministers shared images and footage of the Israeli flag and that of the military’s Golani Brigade flying over the castle.

Israel seizes 12th-century Crusader fortress in deepest Lebanon incursion in decades

Israel raised its flag over the historic Beaufort Castle, presenting a fresh challenge to the emerging US-Iran deal to extend the ceasefire in the war.

  • Bassem Mroue, Kareem Chehayeb and Melanie Lidman

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Flotilla delegation submitting the case to the Hague. 

Flotilla activists take evidence of alleged abuse to The Hague

Australians detained by Israel while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza have lodged serious abuse and mistreatment allegations with the International Criminal Court.

  • Nigel Gladstone
Hillel Newman

‘Disgraceful’: Israeli ambassador condemns minister over shocking flotilla video

Hillel Newman has condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir’s actions in the video, but explained that internal politics means the country’s national security minister is unlikely to suffer any consequences.

  • Nick Newling and Bronte Gossling
Seven of the 11 detained flotilla activists from Australia pre-recorded videos, shared with this masthead, to be released once they were intercepted by Israel.
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'I have been kidnapped by the Israeli Defence Forces'

Seven of the 11 detained flotilla activists from Australia pre-recorded videos, shared with this masthead, to be released once they were intercepted by Israel.

Smoke pours from a building after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes in the Al-Remal area in Gaza City.

Israel kills Hamas armed wing leader ‘the Ghost’ in Gaza strike

Izz al-Din al-Haddad, whose wife and 19-year-old daughter were also killed, had survived multiple assassination attempts by Israel, according to Hamas sources.

  • Nidal al-Mughrabi
A visitor in Berlin looks at pictures of people killed in the Hamas attack on an Israeli music festival on October 7, 2023.

‘Systematic, widespread and integral’: New report lays bare the full horror of Hamas-led attack

A two-year investigation by a team of researchers in Israel has compiled a catalogue of sexual violence on hostages during and after the October 7 attack perpetrated by Hamas and its allies.

  • Isabel Kershner
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Australian flotilla member Ethan Floyd (front) in early April before leaving Sydney for Italy.

Six Australian Gaza flotilla detainees freed by Israel

The activists were among more than a hundred people involved in a second Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade.

  • Nick Wilson
Zack Schofield (far left) is among the four Australians confirmed to have been intercepted by Israel en route to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Australians on Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel near Greece

CCTV footage shows Australian activists with their hands up as Israeli defence forces board boats.

  • Bronte Gossling
Ethan Floyd, Bianca Webb-Pullman and Zack Schofield pre-recorded messages to be released once they were intercepted by Israel.
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Australians among Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel

Ethan Floyd, Bianca Webb-Pullman and Zack Schofield pre-recorded messages to be released once they were intercepted by Israel.

Palestinian men gather in front of a polling station to participate in local elections in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Palestinians vote in Gaza for first time in more than two decades

The vote in Gaza’s central city of Deir al-Balah was part of the Palestinian Authority’s effort to politically link Gaza and the West Bank, officials said.

  • Sam Metz and Wafaa Shurafa