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Much talk, little action at Gaza coordination centre

US initiative is meant to set the stage for the next steps of Trump’s peace plan

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Palestinian children play next to tents in a makeshift camp for displaced people set up on the beach in Gaza City.

Israel launches series of strikes on Lebanon

Attacks come as the committee monitoring the ceasefire is set to meet

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.

Israeli army to demolish 25 buildings in West Bank

Governor of the Tulkarem governorate says he was informed by defence ministry body

Palestinians rally as Israeli soldiers block the entrance of the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied northern West Bank on December 15, 2025, as they demand to be allowed back to their homes after the Israeli army expelled them and others in early 2025.

Sydney attack: Al Ahmed who took on Bondi Beach gunman

He was rushed to hospital and remains under medical care

A screengrab shows Ahmed Al Ahmed tackling one of the Bondi beach attackers.

Shock, anger as rabbi among Bondi Beach attack victims

'I saw people running in panic...This is really scary for the entire community'

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025.

Hamas confirms military leader Saad killed

5 people killed by a strike on a car travelling along the coastal Rashid road in Gaza City

Displaced Palestinians who lost their homes in the Gaza war, shelter in the remains of a building following heavy rains in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on December 13, 2025.

Israel bans mobile phones in primary schools

Implementation will include educational programmes in classroom and dialogue with parents

Since the start of the school year in September, smartphones have been banned from all schools in the coastal hub of Tel Aviv, through a decision from the municipality.

Series of Israeli strikes hit Lebanon

Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon despite a November 2024 ceasefire

A civil defence member stands on rubble at a damaged site after Israeli military strike in Lebanon.

Netanyahu seeks pardon: Legal risks and what’s next

Israel’s president weighs request strictly according to ‘best interests of Israel’

People take part in a protest outside Israeli President Isaac Herzog after Netanyahu sough pardon on November 30.

Israel says targeted Hezbollah chief in Beirut strike

Attack leaves smoking hole in the side of a nine-storey apartment building

The strike hit the third and fourth floors of a nine-storey building, with ambulances gathered around it and rescuers inspecting the apartments, as per local media reports.

Israel opposes Palestinian state plan on eve of UN vote

Draft resolution would follow up on ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

Unlike previous drafts, the latest version of the resolution mentions a possible future Palestinian state, which the Israeli government is vehemently against.

Gazans begin to restore historic fort damaged in war

Pasha Palace Museum reputedly once housed Napoleon Bonaparte during one-night stay

Workers start the rehabilitation on what remains of the Pasha Palace Museum, damaged by two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City on November 11, 2025.

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