The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Rallies decry Rafah offensive as police probe vandalism

More pro-Palestine rallies are expected in Sydney and Melbourne after MPs' offices and a US consulate were vandalised, prompting police to investigate.

AAP · May 31, 2024

Luke Akehurst: who is Labour activist turned controversial candidate?

Described by critics as on the Labour right, Akehurst’s defence of Israel’s actions in Gaza has upset many in party and without

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

Israel has encroached on 32 percent of Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation shows

Gaza’s territory has been shrunk by a buffer zone that winds around its boundary and wide axis torn through its centre.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2024

France bans Israeli firms from exhibiting at upcoming defence fair

France has banned Israeli companies from participating in this year's annual Eurosatory arms and defence industry exhibition in Villepinte near Paris next month, the event's organisers and the French Defence Ministry said on Friday.

France 24 · May 31, 2024

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

The Israeli military has confirmed that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

Why is ‘moral equivalence’ such a bad thing? A political philosopher explains

An Israeli airstrike on the refugee encampment at Tal al-Sultan, in the Gaza Strip, resulted in the death of at least 45 Palestinian civilians on the night of May 26, 2024. It is a matter of dispute in this case as to whether the attack was deliberately intended to target…

The Conversation · May 31, 2024

‘Solidarity over hatred’: the small band of Israelis stopping settlers obstructing aid trucks

Peace activists confronting settlers acknowledge they are ‘a minority within a minority’

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

Police with batons approach Israel-Hamas war protesters at UC Santa Cruz

Police with batons have approached protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

American and British airstrikes kill at least 14 in Yemen

Strikes come amid surge in Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping linked to Israel and its Western allies

The Independent UK · May 31, 2024

Israel accused of using torture in military prison of Sdei Teiman

In Israel, human rights groups have filed a court case in a bid to close the Sdei Teiman military prison. Set up after the October 7 attacks in the heart of the Negev desert, it serves as a detention centre for prisoners from Gaza. Numerous eyewitness accounts speak of mistreatment…

France 24 · May 31, 2024