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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Gallagher

Morning Mail: legal bid to expose defence exports to Israel; MyGov ‘scam-in-a-box’ fraud; children killed as car hits beer garden

Israeli tanks deployed on the border with Gaza in southern Israel, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli tanks deployed on the border with Gaza in southern Israel, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning. As Israel’s assault on Gaza continues, Australia’s potential supply of arms and ammunition to Israeli forces faces scrutiny in a landmark legal bid being taken by Palestinian human rights groups. The groups claim that Israel may be using Australian technology in serious human rights abuses.

We also exclusively reveal that thousands of MyGov accounts are being suspended each month over concern they have been breached by criminal “scam-in-a-box” kits. Meanwhile, the Department of Home Affairs has been paying a US company for access to a controversial tool tracking the movement of smartphones.

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