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Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day ceasefire in their war in exchange for the release of 50 women and children held in Gaza. Here's what we know about the deal and what may unfold next.

The Netanyahu family has towered over Israeli politics for more than two decades. Now, the prime minister's popularity is plummeting and some people are questioning if his relatives are pulling the strings.

A senior Hamas leader says the group is "close to reaching a truce agreement" with Israel as it delivers its response to Qatari mediators. 

Since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, Jenin in the occupied West Bank has been the major focus of continuous Israeli raids. An Israeli official says they're working to prevent a third front from opening up but a local resident says his neighbours and militants in the camp are angry.

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

It was 1999, and Vladimir Putin was the last man standing of three candidates put forward to be the country's next president. People laughed at him, but when buildings in Moscow started getting blown up, everything changed.

Russia carried out a major drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting infrastructure facilities and causing power outages in more than 400 towns and villages.

Every day could be Yasser's last. But he doesn't have time to think about that. Everywhere he goes, desperate people need him. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing. 

David Anderson says it's possible for the ABC to accurately describe the shocking attacks in Israel while also providing coverage of the shocking conditions being experienced by civilians in Gaza.

In a video translated and released by the IDF, Herzi Halevi tells soldiers Israel is "close to dismantling the military system that was present in the northern Gaza Strip".

During the past six weeks, protests have been gaining momentum with a growing number of activists camping out and staging hunger strikes to end the bloodshed in the Israel-Gaza war.

The IDF says it has struck the house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the head of its political bureau.

For the first time, Russia concedes "small groups" of Ukrainian forces are in a small town on the side of the Dnipro River that it has occupied since March 2022.

As a humanitarian disaster unfolds in Gaza, the United States fears a power vacuum will soon follow. But Palestinian leaders say the current ideas for post-war Gaza aren't viable. 

Nicole's mother Galit was the only Australian to be killed by Hamas on October 7. Now she has returned to the kibbutz where she was murdered. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing. 

Politicians and experts call for the end of violence on Australian streets and in the Middle East on Q+A but they can't agree on one panellist's assertion that terrorist group Hamas are not the only problem.

Sameer's siblings, cousins and other family members all live in Gaza. When he spoke to us, it had been 12 hours since he'd last heard from them — and he didn't know if they were still alive.

Global Palestinian solidarity demonstrations are getting bigger, but whether taking to the streets will make a difference to government policy is up for debate, writes Riley Stuart.

Partisans in Crimea claim they provided critical intelligence to Ukraine's armed forces about Russia's Black Sea navy headquarters before it was destroyed by a missile attack in September.

At least 500 more people, most of them foreign nationals, cross into Egypt after the Rafah border crossing re-opens. Here's how the day's events unfolded.

For months Israel has been on the brink of a civil war, spurred by the government's plans to drastically change parts of Israeli life and society. And at the heart of it has been one man — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, writes Allyson Horn.

The Hamas-led attack on October 7 was the latest in a long line of historic intelligence failures.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel plans to have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza “for an indefinite period” after its war with Hamas. 

As Israel deploys its fleet of sophisticated, expensive drones in its war against Hamas, the militant group has come armed with its own surprise: Cheap, off-the-shelf-drones rigged up to carry bombs. 

A group of high-profile whistleblowers who helped spark royal commissions and change laws write an open letter to the federal government accusing it of overseeing a broken system that leaves whistleblowers exposed to costly legal fees — and worse.