The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Australia abstains from UN resolution calling for truce in Gaza, prompting criticism at home

Representative explains resolution ‘did not recognise terror group Hamas as perpetrator of 7 October attack’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2023

Hafta letters: Caste census, Israel-Palestine conflict, Bajrang Dal

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Newslaundry · Oct 28, 2023

India abstains from UNGA vote on Israel, says terrorism is a ‘malignancy’ without naming Hamas

The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution that called for an immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities.

The Hindu · Oct 28, 2023

Morning Digest | Israel expands ground operations in Gaza; Parliamentary panel on Home holds back report on crime Bills, and more

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The Hindu · Oct 28, 2023

Netanyahu warns of ‘long’ war by ‘air, land and sea’ in Gaza

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that fighting inside the Gaza Strip would be "long and difficult", as Israeli ground forces operate in the Palestinian territory for more than 24 hours. Israel expanded its ground operations and cut the Palestinian territory off from communications three weeks after Hamas launched…

France 24 · Oct 28, 2023

Half a century later, an Indian family relives the personal tragedy of the 1973 Yom Kippur War

The ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine has triggered a surge of memories for a Delhi family; half a century ago, their lives had been permanently changed by the 1973 Yom Kippur War

The Hindu · Oct 28, 2023

Biden and Xi expected to meet next month after high-level US-China meetings

Promises of a meeting between the two leaders follows a trip to Washington by Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Al Jazeera · Oct 28, 2023

Protests, confrontations in Jerusalem and West Bank amid Israel-Gaza war

Pro-Gaza protests break out in neighbouring areas following Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera · Oct 28, 2023

A song of peace silenced long ago, the rockets of war exploding today, and the legacies still to be written

I was given a bird’s eye perch at Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s funeral in 1995. One speaker, a close friend of Rabin, waved high above his head the bloodstained paper bearing the lyrics of the peace song the Israeli leader had sung just before he was assassinated.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2023

What the papers say – October 28

The increase in Israel’s ground operations into Gaza dominates the front pages of Saturday’s newspapers.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2023