Matthew Doran

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Palestinians welcome Australia’s plan to recognise their statehood | ABC NEWS

15,000 kilometres from Canberra, and a concrete wall away from Jerusalem, news of Australia’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood is rippling through the West Bank

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Netanyahu defends plan to occupy Gaza amid international condemnation The Israeli prime minister says the plan, which many countries fear will lead to increased bloodshed, is the fastest way to end the conflict.

Netanyahu slams criticism from countries, including Australia, of Israel's conduct in Gaza - claiming they'd act exactly the same.

"They know what they would do if right next to Melbourne or right next to Sydney you had this horrific attack."

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Father of Israeli hostage calls for Palestinian recognition Nimrod Cohen was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its deadly attacks on Israel. His family fears he will become collateral if the international community does not put more pressur...

The surprising call from the father of an Israeli hostage - that the international community should recognise Palestinian statehood to pressure his government into ending the war

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Satellite imagery shows what Israel didn't show our correspondent in Gaza When the ABC's Middle East correspondent, Matt Doran, visited an aid depot inside Gaza last week, Israel tightly controlled where he could go and what he could see. Satellite imagery reveals what's be...

Satellite imagery reveals what Israel didn't show to the ABC when it granted rare access inside Gaza

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) ABC granted rare access inside Kerem Shalom in Gaza | ABC NEWS

A few metres inside the Gaza fence line sits spoiled food, aid and a highly controlled Israeli media operation

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) More aid site killings reported in Gaza, Islamic Jihad release hostage video | ABC NEWS

New videos of two hostages in Gaza have fuelled fury in Israel, as Hamas says the hostages are facing the same conditions as the population in the strip.

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Family of Israeli hostage condemn videos released by Hamas | ABC NEWS

Hamas releases video of gaunt and frail Israeli hostage appearing to dig his own grave, as families of the captives appeal once more to the Netanyahu Government to strike a deal to end the war in Gaza.

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Right wing Israeli rabbi accused of provocation at Jerusalem's holiest sites | ABC NEWS

Tensions boiling over in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City, as Israeli authorities provocatively upend rules restricting Jews from praying at one of Islam’s holiest sites

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) ABC gets access to Jordanian aid drop over Gaza | ABC NEWS

From the skies over Gaza, Jordan is dropping pallets of aid to try to help the starving population below.

ABC News joined one flight, but was restricted in how much we could show of the devastation in Gaza.

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Israel announces daily pauses in fighting to allow limited aid into Gaza | ABC NEWS

Airdrops of aid begin and "secure corridors" for convoys are established in Gaza, as the Netanyahu Government partially eases restrictions after warnings a starvation crisis is gripping the strip

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Israel opens aid corridors in Gaza, Albanese says Israel breaching international law | ABC NEWS

Israel begins airdrops of aid in Gaza and secure corridors for aid convoys, after growing international condemnation of the starvation crisis in the strip seemingly became too difficult for the Netanyahu Government to ignore.

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Weighing just 10kg at 14 years old: 'Major starvation' takes hold in Gaza In a ward of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, multiple children and some adults can be found emaciated from the lack of food. Doctors say the rate of death from starvation is rapidly rising.

These are the stories we might struggle to bring you as a result of our colleagues dealing with their own serious hunger

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'He has lost 34kg': Why the Gaza story will become harder to tell There's an old adage in the media about journalists not wanting to become the story. But the lack of food inside Gaza means journalists and the story are intrinsically linked in a battle for survival.

The hunger crisis inside Gaza will affect the news you see about the war

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To get a sense of how the public debate in Israel about the war in Gaza is split, you only have to look at the front pages of the English editions of two of the country’s major newspapers…

15 dead in Gaza from starvation, including 4 children - among them a baby boy just 6 weeks old.

Despite that, Israel is rejecting accusations it's refusing to allow enough aid into the strip.

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Australia condemns Israel as calls for sanctions grow louder | ABC NEWS

Australia joins more than two dozen other countries condemning the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Israel has rejected the statement, with the US Ambassador to Israel labelling it "disgusting".

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) At least 80 Palestinians killed accessing aid in northern Gaza: Distressing images | ABC NEWS

Palestinian health authorities say at least 67 people were killed while trying to get food from a convoy of aid trucks in northern Gaza on Sunday. The IDF confirmed it fired warning shots, but disputed the death toll.

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PM says he has raised 'indefensible' actions in Gaza with Israel directly Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes recent actions in Gaza as "completely indefensible" and says he told Israeli President Isaac Herzog directly that Israel was losing support by its own actions...

“Israel is losing support by its own actions, and that some of its actions are completely indefensible."

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sits down for a wide ranging interview with Laura Tingle

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This gate had been off limits for decades, then Israel seized an opportunity When the Israel-Syria border was breached, heartwarming family reunions decades in the making ensued for a number of hours, on both sides of the fence. But the happiness was still tempered by fear ove...

When hundreds poured over the border fence from the Israeli occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday, for the first time in decades, Israeli authorities watched on - a telling moment, as the IDF bombed Syria

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Israel strikes Syrian capital Damascus | ABC NEWS

Israel's bombs Damascus in a dramatic escalation of its attacks against the new Syrian regime, led by Islamist militant turned President Ahmed Al-Sharaa

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Breaking: IDF launches attack on Syrian military headquarters The attack on the military headquarters was in Syria's capital of Damascus.

Israel Defense Forces launch attack on Syria's military headquarters, in third day of strikes on the new regime's forces

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20 people killed at US-backed aid distribution site in Gaza The aid distribution organisation, which is backed by the US and Israel, confirmed 20 Palestinians were killed at one of its sites.

US and Israeli-backed aid organisation, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, says 20 people were killed at a distribution site in Khan Younis.

It's blaming "agitators" for fuelling a stampede, saying they had links to Hamas

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Thousands of Israelis call for deal, while dozens of Palestinians killed accessing aid | ABC NEWS

Thousands of anti-Netanyahu government protesters take to the streets in Tel Aviv to demand an end to the war, as dozens are killed in Gaza on another deadly day

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The voices from inside Iran the regime doesn't want you to hear In a country where dissidents face arrest or even execution, 10 Iranians — including a teacher, a mother, and a labourer — put themselves at risk to document the war.

The voices inside Iran the regime doesn’t want you to hear

Important story from my colleague Allyson Horn

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As world watched Israel-Iran war, in Gaza hundreds were killed Palestinian health authorities say more than 800 Gazans were killed in IDF attacks during Israel's 12-day war with Iran, as a starvation crisis grips the besieged territory.

2 year old Mayar Al-Arja doesn’t smile anymore, according to her mother. She fears her daughter is wasting away in Gaza.

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Trump's f-bomb is one missile that could sway Benjamin Netanyahu In his first comments since the alleged ceasefire between Israel and Iran was announced, the US President let rip, and Israel's PM heard him loud and clear.

Donald Trump's f-bomb is one missile that could sway Benjamin Netanyahu

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Trump can't restrain Netanyahu from fulfilling his ambitions on Iran Protecting Israel is Netanyahu's brand, and being a strong man is something he wants to project to his constituents.

Netanyahu has long held ambitions to strike Iran's nuclear sites. And not even the US President could stop him doing so this morning.

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Breaking: Australia sanctions against two far-right Israeli ministers over Gaza comments Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia will join the UK, Canada and New Zealand in sanctioning Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich over comments they have made about Gaza.

Australia sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for incitement of violence against Palestinians, alongside the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Norway.

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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Israeli army detains activists after boarding Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla ship | ABC NEWS

The civilian aid ship, the 'Madleen' was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday morning local time.

As the sun set over Israel, there was still no sign of the ship arriving at Ashdod port - more than 12 hours later.

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YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Hamas accused of brutal crackdown on protesters in Gaza | 7.30

Protests against Hamas in Gaza are rare. But in recent months, simmering anger with the militant group has boiled over.

Meet two Palestinians willing to speak out, despite fear of reprisals.

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