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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.

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found advertisements linking the UN's aid agency in Palestine, UNWRA, with Hamas on Australian websites. It's part of a global ad campaign to discredit the agency. 

A political divide has deepened after Australia voted to end Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian Territories at the United Nations. 

Peter Dutton says the Prime Minister has 'sold the Jewish community out' for votes after Australia changed it's position on the UN resolution.

Lebanon says Israel is continuing strike targets within its territory, accusing it of violating the ceasefire agreement.

Australia has changed its position on the resolution, which calls for an end to all new settlement activities and for settlers to be removed from occupied territory.

Australia changes its position to support a UN resolution demanding "Israel bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible".

More than 20 residents have told an Israeli human rights organisation that they have been the victims of a campaign of violence and intimidation.

Five Palestinian men have come forward as alleged victims of extreme violence, threatening behaviour and harassment by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

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.

Donald Trump has demanded that Hamas release all of its hostages before he takes office in January.

Global Affairs Editor John Lyons says US and France are very concerned about a the 'fragile' truce between Hezbollah and Israel.

The United States insists a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Lebanon continues to hold, despite allegations of truce violations.

Israel's military says it is conducting strikes on "terror" targets in Lebanon after armed group Hezbollah accused it of breaching a ceasefire that took hold last week.

At least two people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, which Lebanon's state security says is a "flagrant violation" of the truce.

From 2019–2023, these Palestinians filmed what was happening in their West Bank village. Those thousands of hours of footage have been turned into a new documentary that is gathering Oscar's buzz.

Iran has reportedly promised to pay for the reconstruction, but unlike in 2006, Arab states have not committed funding.

Hamas has released a video of an Israeli-American hostage in which he pleads for US President-elect Donald Trump to secure his release.

It's the second time the IDF has hit vehicles belonging to the World Central Kitchen, as the US based charity halts operations. 

A shock four-day offensive in Syria's north-east has seen territory held by the Assad regime since 2016 retaken by militant groups aiming to overthrow the government.