Matthew Doran is a Middle East correspondent for the ABC, based in Jerusalem. He was previously a senior political reporter in the ABC's Parliament House bureau in Canberra, and was one of the presenters of 'Afternoon Briefing' on the ABC News Channel. He joined the ABC's Adelaide newsroom as a cadet journalist in 2013. He has won two SA Press Club awards, and was nominated for a Walkley in 2022.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has linked a Melbourne synagogue firebombing to Australia's UN vote earlier this week.
The Israeli military has said it would not have conducted air strikes in southern Gaza in February had it known the six Israeli hostages were being held nearby.
Despite the risk of reprisals, five men speak out about allegedly suffering violence and threatening behaviour from Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron.
The food charity says it is pausing its operations in Gaza after a vehicle carrying its staff members was hit by an Israeli air strike.
The ABC takes you to the border between the two countries, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force.
Roads were jammed and celebratory gunfire echoed across southern Beirut as tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese returned to their homes.
Ranem Abu Izneid fears her dreams of becoming a dentist are over after she was hit with shrapnel while studying in her university accommodation in the West Bank.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon could become a reality within days, with reports suggesting a deal is all but done and is awaiting sign-off by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet.
Doctors are battling to save 20-year-old Ranem Abu Izneid's eyesight, after she was injured this month.
The International Criminal Court has also issued arrest warrants for Israel's former defence minister Yoav Gallant and senior Hamas official Mohammed Deif.
A lawyer for the miners sheltering inside an abandoned goldmine says they are suffering from a lack of food, with police poised to arrest them when they surface.
The IDF's siege of northern Gaza is now into its second month, leading many to question whether Israel has adopted a controversial plan to conquer the area.
The convoy was travelling through southern Gaza on Saturday when the UN's Palestinian aid agency UNRWA says it was set upon by armed gunmen.
The Kamal Adwan hospital is struggling to remain operating after a major attack by the IDF, which claimed Hamas militants were sheltering in the facility.
The vote by Australia in a UN committee puts the country at odds with the United States and Israel, and has angered Australia's Jewish lobby groups.
The US will continue to provide military assistance to the Netanyahu government, despite aid agencies saying it has fallen short of providing enough aid to the wartorn region.
The UN's aid agency for Palestinian refugees will be outlawed in 90 days, under a controversial bill backed by Israel's parliament.
37 people were injured, including some pinned under the truck, which careered into the back of a bus which had just dropped off passengers.
The IDF says there are hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold stored in an underground Hezbollah command centre. But the hospital allegedly above it says that's impossible.
From war in the Middle East and Europe, to the geo-strategic complexities of our own region, America's election outcome will change the world. Our ABC correspondents break down what could follow either a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris victory.
Models, businessmen and even former politicians have been picked up by Israeli intelligence agencies after allegedly working for Iran.
Israel's foreign minister says Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader and mastermind of the militant group's October 7 attack, has been killed in an IDF attack in Gaza. Take a look back on our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
Sinwar, the chief architect of the October 7 attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, was named leader of Hamas after the assassination of former leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
Shaban al-Dalou had posted videos on social media of life in Gaza. Earlier this week, vision of his brutal death was broadcast around the world.
Residents and refugees in the city of Jabalia are entering their 11th day under fire as part of a renewed push by the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF says it follows intelligence Hamas is "reforming in the area".