What you missed on Senate estimates, day four The top stories out of the fourth day of Senate estimates. The Canberra Times · Oct 26, 2023
Trade unionists block access to factories with 'weapon connections to Israel' OVER 100 trade unionists from protest group Palestine Action have blocked access to factories in the UK with alleged connections to Israel. The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2023
EU leaders agree to call for humanitarian corridors in Gaza European leaders who have struggled to come up with a common response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian response to the Gaza Strip are meeting in Brussels, where they will agree to call for “humanitarian corridors and pauses” in fighting to allow safe deliveries of aid. Radio France Internationale · Oct 26, 2023
Off-duty British-Israeli soldier threw back seven Hamas grenades before 8th killed him at music festival massacre Aner Shapiro and his friend Hersh Goldberg, who is feared to have been taken hostage, had fled to a shelter as Hamas attacked. Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023
The US has deployed troops in the Middle East. Can it avoid a ‘commitment trap’? With the stability of the region at risk, and Joe Biden pledging support to Israel multiple times, preventing a mission creep or a full-blown intervention may not be easy The Guardian - US · Oct 26, 2023
UK ministers to hold emergency meeting over Israel-Hamas war Deputy PM, Oliver Dowden, calls Cobra meeting to discuss hostages and aid but rules out call for ceasefire The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
Celtic fans risk Uefa sanctions after displaying Palestine flags at Champions League match The supporters group Green Brigade displayed its support for Palestine amid conflict in Israel and Gaza The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
How the US has used its veto power at the UN in support of Israel The US has used its veto power at least 34 times to block UN Security Council resolutions that were critical of Israel. Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023
Watch live: Southern Israel skyline as IDF tanks enter Gaza ahead of ground invasion Watch a live view of the southern Israel skyline after the IDF said Israeli troops carried out a “targeted raid” in the Gaza Strip with tanks overnight. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Labour fear frontbench resignations over Keir Starmer's stance on Gaza KEIR Starmer has reportedly failed to heal the rift within his party over the Israel-Hamas war, with several prominent frontbenchers reportedly on… The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2023
Before and after aerial pictures show deadly Gaza destruction in full Entire neighbourhoods destroyed in retaliation for attack launched by Hamas on Israel on 7 October The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
Ministers to attend Cobra meeting amid escalating situation in Gaza Ministers will attend a high-level Cobra meeting later on the Middle East, after Rishi Sunak joined calls for a humanitarian ‘pause’ in the conflict. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023
‘Targeted attack’: Al Jazeera journalist’s wife, children killed in Gaza ‘safe area’ “Help us to stay alive,” stated Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh’s 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old daughter Sham in a message on social media, days before they were killed along with their mother in what the journalist called a “targeted” Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Newslaundry · Oct 26, 2023
Israel stages large overnight ground raid into Gaza Strip The brief ‘targeted’ incursion comes ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after nearly three weeks of air strikes. Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 Live updates | Israeli troops briefly enter Gaza as wider ground incursion looms The Israeli military says its troops and tanks briefly entered northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, hitting several militant targets as a wider ground incursion looms after more than two weeks of heavy air raids
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023 Gaza health ministry says more than 7,000 killed in air strikes as Israel’s military launches ‘biggest ground incursion’ Gaza's health ministry said on Thursday that more than 7,000 Palestinians had now been killed in the retaliatory air strikes following the Hamas attack on Israel, including nearly 3,000 children.
Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023 What is Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades? Gaza-based Qassam Brigades has been waging an armed resistance against Israeli occupation since its founding in 1992.
Dynamite News · Oct 26, 2023 "We are preparing for a ground incursion": Israeli PM signals intent on ground offensive in Gaza Reiterating his words, "Israel is in a battle for its existence", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his goal against the Hamas war is "saving the nation" and promises that a ground incursion to destroy Hamas in Gaza will start soon, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday.
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 Israeli troops launch brief ground raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incursion Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight
The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023 Afternoon Update: US mass shooting kills at least 16; Sydney woman found dead identified; and Gen Z want less sex on screen A man is reported to have opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Maine’s second-largest city of Lewiston in the US
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023 The thousands calling for a ceasefire and peace deserve better than abuse and belittlement Politicians and much of the media ignore, stereotype and demonise protestors. This lack of engagement is a risk to us all, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023 EU leaders unanimously call for humanitarian corridors – as it happened This blog is closed. See our Israel-Hamas war coverage here.
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 Israel-Hamas live: US hits targets in Syria as Palestinian ministry publishes names of 7,000 dead US president Joe Biden says he has ‘no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using’
Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023 Two more resolutions to halt Israel-Gaza war fail at UN Security Council Elected members to work on new draft resolution amid growing frustration at council’s failure to act.
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks