Matthew Doran is a Middle East correspondent for the ABC, based in Jerusalem. He was previously a senior political reporter in the ABC's Parliament House bureau in Canberra, and was one of the presenters of 'Afternoon Briefing' on the ABC News Channel. He joined the ABC's Adelaide newsroom as a cadet journalist in 2013. He has won two SA Press Club awards, and was nominated for a Walkley in 2022.
Israel has provided documents it says justify its killing of a high-profile Palestinian journalist in Gaza. But the "trust us" mentality employed by Israeli authorities has long lost its power.
The Palestinian Authority's foreign minister says Australia's decision will "bring others to recognise, hopefully, and it safeguards the two-state solution".
The Israeli prime minister says the plan, which many countries fear will lead to increased bloodshed, is the fastest way to end the conflict.
Nimrod Cohen was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its deadly attacks on Israel. His family fears he will become collateral if the international community does not put more pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City.
The Israeli security cabinet's decision marks another escalation of Israel's 22-month military offensive in Gaza, although Benjamin Netanyahu's office has not said when the assault could begin.
The ABC crosses into the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom border, an opportunity to gain access to a site Israel is using to prosecute its case it is trying to feed the population of Gaza — an argument the humanitarian community, and world leaders, argue is full of holes.
Hamas's release of videos showing Israeli hostages comes at a precarious moment in the Gaza war, which has been mired for months in a stalemate over a potential ceasefire and hostage deal.
Facing domestic pressure and international condemnation, Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a meeting of his security cabinet to consider the Israeli military's next moves.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says one staffer is dead after an Israeli strike on its headquarters in the Gaza city of Khan Younis.
Rabbis have forbidden approaching what is considered the site of the Holy of Holies in Jerusalem, but one right-wing religious activist is pushing to overturn centuries of tradition as tensions increase around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Donald Trump's latest statement on Gaza suggests the ties binding the US administration and the Netanyahu government may be fraying, ever so slightly, even as Israel tries to downplay it.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification — a global initiative that assesses the extent of hunger suffered by a population — says the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.
For the first time, the two leading human rights organisations have called for the international community to put pressure on the Netanyahu government to change course in the Palestinian territory.
US President Donald Trump says Israel needs to "make a decision" about its next steps in Gaza, as more than 100 humanitarian agencies warn of mass starvation.
The Israeli military says it is starting airdrops of aid into Gaza, and will establish so-called "humanitarian corridors" to allow United Nations convoys to take food through the strip.
Israel shows little sign of easing its bombardment of Gaza. And with the hunger crisis in the strip worsening, questions are being asked about Israel's ultimate goal.
There's an old adage in the media about journalists not wanting to become the story. But the lack of food inside Gaza means journalists and the story are intrinsically linked in a battle for survival.
When the Israel-Syria border was breached, heartwarming family reunions decades in the making ensued for a number of hours, on both sides of the fence. But the happiness was still tempered by fear over the conflict.
At this stage, it appears Israel has stopped its bombing of Syrian government forces but the situation is being monitored.
At least one person has died after air strikes on the Syrian capital of Damascus.
The aid distribution organisation, which is backed by the US and Israel, confirmed 20 Palestinians were killed at one of its sites.
Health authorities in Gaza have accused Israeli forces of killing women and children queuing for supplements and medicine near a medical centre in the strip.
Palestinian health authorities say more than 800 Gazans were killed in IDF attacks during Israel's 12-day war with Iran, as a starvation crisis grips the besieged territory.
Despite a ceasefire being declared between Israel, the United States and Iran, we're now "moving into a true danger zone", some analysts say, because the Islamic Republic is now trying to develop a nuclear weapon faster than ever.