Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has condemned the killing of an Australian woman by the Islamic group Hamas in Israel, saying her death is heartbreaking.
Authorities are trying to confirm the safety of thousands of Australians in the Middle East, amid concerns about how to get them out as the conflict escalates.
Hundreds rallied in Sydney in support of Palestine, despite the prime minister calling for the demo to be cancelled out of respect for those killed in Israel.
Israel has battered Gaza a day after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting an unknown number of others, threatening a major new war in the Middle East.
Harry Sheezel's outstanding debut has inadvertently sparked controversy around whether national flags are allowed inside AFL venues.
The North Melbourne young gun is Jewish and a photograph was taken of him with an Israel national...
Israeli forces have killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman, in the deadliest single incident in the occupied West Bank in two decades, Palestinian officials say.
Israel's military has fired missiles toward the international airport of Syria's capital Damascus, putting it out of service and killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the Syrian army says.
Israeli police say forces have captured two Palestinians who killed three people in a stabbing attack last week and fled the scene, sparking a massive manhunt and keeping the country on edge.
Israel has denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for suggesting the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying his comments were anti-Semitic and dangerous.
A Tel Aviv family court has held its first hearing in a custody battle over a six-year-old boy, the sole survivor of an Italian cable car disaster, who was taken to Israel by his grandfather without permission of family in Italy.
