Good morning. A grim weekend in Gaza saw dozens killed in a single Israeli airstrike, with Doctors Without Borders describing the IDF’s renewed offensive in the area as “purely and simply a collective punishment”. Meanwhile in Washington, officials are urgently trying to establish how highly classified US intelligence about Israeli plans to attack Iran came to be leaked on social media.
At home, the Liberals are despondent after losing a byelection in a former heartland northern Sydney seat of Pittwater, there are rows over how to address the housing crisis continue and King Charles continues his Australian tour in Canberra – where a protest against the monarchy is planned this morning.
