An Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon killed 13 people amid escalating Israeli bombardment across Lebanon, threatening the ceasefire with Hezbollah - which Israel...

<article data-history-node-id="431792" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-shoot-and-kill-two-palestinian-boys-jerusalem" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-soldiers-shoot-and-kill-two-palestinian-boys-jerusalem" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli soldiers shoot and kill two Palestinian boys in Jerusalem</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces killed two Palestinian boys on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said on&nbsp; Friday.</p> <p>"The young man Amr Khaled Ahmed Al-Marbou, 18, and the boy Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh, 16, were martyred by occupation forces gunfire in the town of Kufr Aqab," the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.</p> <p>The Palestinian Red Crescent said it transported two people from Kufr Aqab to a hospital during the night, both with gunshot wounds.</p> <p>Several hundred people took part in the funeral processions for Marbou and Mashayekh on Friday.</p> <p>Oday al-Shurfa, a friend of Marbou, told AFP he witnessed the incident.</p> <p>"He was just standing there, not holding or throwing stones," he said.</p> <p>Shurfa said Marbou was hit "in the chest, in the heart. He collapsed and was martyred on the spot," he said.</p> <p>A relative of Marbou, who declined to give her name, told AFP, "He was with four&nbsp;others; one of them was also killed, another is in critical condition," and another suffered a serious hand injury.</p> <p>"What kind of brutality is this?" she said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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An unprecedented toxic algal bloom in South Australia has devastated marine life, tourism and fishing. With no clear end in sight, scientists warn it may become a permanent feature of local waters – and research cuts risk making it worse.

Nearly 25 years on from the Tampa crisis, Australia needs a parliamentary inquiry to lift the lid on offshore detention.

<article data-history-node-id="431749" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-palestinians-severely-beaten-israeli-soldiers-and-settlers" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/four-palestinians-severely-beaten-israeli-soldiers-and-settlers" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Four Palestinians 'severely beaten' by Israeli soldiers and settlers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli soldiers and settlers assaulted four Palestinians near Ramallah on Thursday, Wafa news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Palestinians were "severely beaten", according to local witnesses, after they tried to remove an earthen barrier that settlers had put in front of their farm in the village of Kafr Ni’ma, west of Ramallah.</p> <p>They were later detained.</p> </div> </div> </article>

As the Nationals abandon their commitment to achieving net zero by 2050, leader David Littleproud has cited a stunning $9 trillion dollar price tag on the policy as a key reason for the move.

A 44-year-old woman is fined almost $2,000 after she tried to insert a bag of methylamphetamine into her dog's body.

The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.

Hospital officials who received the bodies said they came from both sides of the yellow line established in last month’s ceasefire. The boundary splits the enclave in two, leaving the border zone under Israeli military control while the area beyond it is meant to serve as a safe zone.

When governor-general Sir John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, Australia lost more than a government. It lost a measure of its independence a loss that still shadows our politics half a century later.

<article data-history-node-id="431693" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-knesset-passes-law-cut-water-and-electricity-un-agency-helping" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-knesset-passes-law-cut-water-and-electricity-un-agency-helping" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel's Knesset passes law to cut water and electricity to UN agency helping Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel's Knesset overwhelmingly approved the first reading of a government bill&nbsp;on Wednesday to cut water and electricity to facilities owned or operated by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa).&nbsp;</p> <p>The bill also grants Israeli authorities to take control of lands registered with the Israel Land Authority and&nbsp; seize poroperties used by Unrwa.</p> <p>The bill was referred to the relevant Knesset committee for further consideration.</p> <p>Israel has banned Unrwa from the occupied West Bank and Gaza since October 2024.</p> </div> </div> </article>