Dr Graeme Groom has visited Gaza 40 times and says he has never before witnessed such trauma, hunger and bravery from Palestinian colleagues Every day between 4am and 6am, Graeme Groom, an orthopaedic surgeon from London, would be woken by a dawn chorus of bombs and missiles. And so began another 24 hours at the Nasser hospital in Gaza, the largest functioning hospital in the territory. Shortly after 8am, the first patients would be wheeled into the operating theatres. Groom and his orthopaedic and plastic surgery colleagues saw on average 20 patients a day: one-third children, one-third women, then men of all ages, their limbs mangled by bombs and guns. Continue reading...

They were armed with umbrellas and ponchos and waterproof prams. One man even carried a surfboard. This is Sydney, after all

The Swedish capital, Stockholm, witnessed a fresh protest on Saturday demanding an end to what demonstrators described as the "genocide" being committed

Indigenous actor Meyne Wyatt and former Socceroo and Australian of the Year Craig Foster among tens of thousands of people protesting in wet weather

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Supreme court judge says protest motivated by belief that ‘the horror and urgency of the situation in Gaza demands an urgent and extraordinary response’