After 562 days of brutal torture,a soldier wasn’t prepared for what was waiting at Sydney Airport

After 562 days of brutal torture,a soldier wasn’t prepared for what was waiting at Sydney Airport

A Ukrainian who spent a year and a half enduring “hell on earth” as a prisoner of war is returned to family in Sydney.

  • byKate Geraghty andMichael Ruffles

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‘Nowhere is safe’:A photographer’s perspective on the Middle East conflict

‘Nowhere is safe’:A photographer’s perspective on the Middle East conflict

Photographer Kate Geraghty returns to the Middle East to show the human toll of a conflict causing grief,loss and anger.

  • byKate Geraghty
Beirut is a city you can’t help but love,even as it breaks your heart

Beirut is a city you can’t help but love,even as it breaks your heart

Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty have spent eight days in Beirut,where bullet-holes in palm trees among the glitzy restaurants tell the tale of a broken city.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty
They’re rebuilding after watching loved ones murdered. Rebuilding trust is more complicated

They’re rebuilding after watching loved ones murdered. Rebuilding trust is more complicated

Before the October 7 attacks,Kibbutz Be’eri’s residents were among Israel’s most progressive. Now some find their hearts hardening.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty
‘Why,Lord,why?’ The moment the music stopped

‘Why,Lord,why?’ The moment the music stopped

In the pre-dawn darkness,family and friends of the 364 people who were killed at the Nova music festival in Israel on October 7,2023,gathered to remember their loved ones.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty
Into the conflict zone

Into the conflict zone

As the world looks on in horror at events unfolding in the Middle East,Herald journalists Kate Geraghty and Matthew Knott,who have just arrived in Israel,talk about what it’s like to fly into a conflict zone.

  • byLiam Phelan,Kate Geraghty andMatthew Knott
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In pictures:On the ground in southern Israel
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In pictures:On the ground in southern Israel

Award-winning photographer Kate Geraghty has unparalleled experience in operating out of conflict zones over decades. Here are her images from southern Israel.

Far from Hezbollah strongholds,a tiny body is found among the dead
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Far from Hezbollah strongholds,a tiny body is found among the dead

Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty visit the north Lebanon village of Aitou,where at least 22 people were killed by a strike far from the Hezbollah strongholds.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty
The Australian politician in Lebanon speaking out against Hezbollah

The Australian politician in Lebanon speaking out against Hezbollah

Two years ago,Ihab Matar was running a successful construction company and living in western Sydney. Now he’s a member of Lebanon’s parliament taking on Hezbollah.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty
Ali was watching the war on TV. Then an Israeli bomb fell beside his home

Ali was watching the war on TV. Then an Israeli bomb fell beside his home

Survivors of the deadliest Israeli attack on Lebanon in a year are frustrated that Lebanese families are paying for the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty
Australians in mass no-show for evacuation flight from Lebanon

Australians in mass no-show for evacuation flight from Lebanon

The federal government estimates there are about 15,000 Australians in Lebanon. Some people have continued travelling there against DFAT advice.

  • byMatthew Knott andKate Geraghty