Foreign Aid

Israel's government has voted to back a deal to secure the release of some of the hostages held in Gaza over four days where there will be a "pause in fighting".

The United States says it believes Israel and Hamas are moving closer to a deal that would secure the release of some hostages held in Gaza.

Foreign affairs officials say 31 more Australians safely left Gaza through the Rafah Crossing into Egypt early Monday morning, as more than 100 others wait to evacuate the war zone.

Seven years in the making — and hundreds of millions of dollars later — this week Solomon Islands officially plays host to the 2023 Pacific Games, the region's "mini Olympics". But there's many other games going on.  

After an assessment mission, a WHO-led humanitarian team urges full evacuation of the the Al-Shifa hospital, describing it as a "death zone" and says the situation is "desperate".

A journalist in Gaza says Israel is issuing warnings over loudspeakers for people to evacuate Gaza's biggest hospital.

Increasing calls for pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow more aid to reach Gaza.

David Makovsky is an expert on Israel and Arab relations at the Washington institute and looks at Qatars role in the conflict.

A home in northern Gaza where an Australian family were staying before the neighbourhood was rocked by explosions.

The two female hostages released by Hamas arrive at Egypt's Rafah crossing.

The first 20 trucks bearing aid since Israel began a siege of Gaza pass through Egypt's border crossing, as Israel's military says it plans to step up its attacks on the area. 

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told delegates at the peace summit that they must push for "immediate, unrestricted and sustained humanitarian aid for besieged civilians in Gaza."

The first convoy of aid trucks from Egypt flows through the Rafah crossing into battered Gaza.

Project Rozana is one of the many aid and development organisations waiting for the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza to reopen so they can send critical aid.

Humanitarian aid agencies have been negotiating access to Gaza from more than a week. 2.3 million people in Gaza have been cut off from food, electricity and medicine.

There are growing calls for aid to be delivered to Gaza, with the UN saying 100 trucks a day are needed to meet the humanitarian crisis wrought by an Israeli blockade and ongoing barrage.

Mark Purcell from the Australian Council for International Development says Anthony Albanese's government needs to forcefully push for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridor into Gaza.

The United States reaffirms support for Israel as the European commission decides to withhold development aid from Palestinian territories.

Don and Meg MacRaild discuss their outreach projects in Vanuatu, Meg's childhood growing up on the island of Tanna and some of the cultural differences between the Ni-Vanuatu people and Australians.  

From their adventures bush bashing with Vanuatu's poorest farmers, to dining with the highest echelons of government, Don and Meg MacRaild's connection to the Pacific nation dates back to 1945.

After seeking to shore up international support at the United Nations, Mr Zelenskyy comes to Washington on a crosstown blitz including meetings with military leaders and Mr Biden and an evening address at the National Archives museum.

A near-record number of Pacific Islanders are in Australia working on farms and abattoirs. The workforce has kept Australia's agricultural economy afloat and transformed the lives of thousands — but it comes at a cost.

Nearly three days after catastrophic floods swept away a large part of the Libyan port city of Derna, the scale of the disaster is becoming clearer with more than five thousand people reported dead.

Survivors of the Moroccan earthquake remain desperate for aid. The country's government has accepted help from a handful of countries, but pressure is mounting for them to approve more aid and relief offers.

Australian security forces will remain in the Pacific nation until June to assist with an election.