Palestine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Palestinians must not be pressured into leaving Gaza, and must be allowed to return to their homes once conditions allow.

Israeli troops have been fighting fierce battles with Hamas in an expanding offensive into southern Gaza, forcing Palestinian civilians to cram into a city near the Egyptian border.

Five New Zealand permanent residents have escaped Gaza through the Rafah crossing overnight, Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters says.

A group of hostages have been released today in Gaza, with the release deal back on after a row over aid supplies to the besieged enclave was resolved following mediation by Qatar and Egypt.

Hamas fighters have released 24 hostages during the first day of the war's first truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai workers, after guns fell silent across the Gaza Strip.

UN aid deliveries to Palestinians in Gaza have been suspended due to shortages of fuel and a communications shut down, as Israeli troops battle Hamas militants in the enclave.

Britain's PM has brought back his party's former leader David Cameron as foreign minister after sacking his interior minister following comments she made on police handling of a pro-Palestinian march.

Israel bombarded Gaza with more air strikes on Monday ahead of an anticipated ground operation into the besieged Palestinian enclave as the United Nations warned that civilians were running out of…

Concerns the Israel-Hamas war could trigger wider Middle East conflict is rising, with the US sending more military assets and Israel pummelling targets in Gaza and Hamas supporters in Lebanon and…

Israel's security cabinet has formally declared war on Hamas, the militant Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, following Hamas's attack on soldiers and civilians in southern Israel. Video

The PM says he has spoken to his Australian counterpart and both are agreed in their condemnation of attacks by Hamas militants on Israeli territory.

Hamas gunmen rampaged through Israeli towns, killing more than 250 people and escaping with hostages, with more than 230 Gazans also killed in retaliatory strikes.

Israelis packed city streets on Saturday in nationwide demonstrations now in their 10th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court's powers.

The UN's highest court has been asked to give a legal opinion on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories by the UN General Assembly.

The bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist was too badly damaged to reach a definitive conclusion about whether the origin was Israeli or Palestinian gunfire, US officials say.