Washington has significantly bolstered military assistance funding sent to Israel and has approved more sales of arms and equipment to the country.
Israeli airstrikes also hit a food distribution centre in northern Gaza,while a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers.
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.
The invasion of Lebanon by Israel’s forces has sparked heated debate about its legality under international law.
The federal government estimates there are about 15,000 Australians in Lebanon. Some people have continued travelling there against DFAT advice.
Israel also aimed airstrikes for the first time at central Beirut,after pounding a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip and killing dozens.
Naim Qassem speaking by video from an undisclosed location,said Hezbollah would name a new leader to succeed Hassan Nasrallah who was killed by Israel in Beirut.
As Israelis gathered to remember those killed and abducted on October 7 last year,intense fighting continued across the Middle East.
As life on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon continues against a background of rocket fire,we speak to residents who are determined to stay.
Follow live coverage of vigils and rallies across Sydney to mark October 7.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is considering the visa status of an American professor who spoke at a pro-Palestine rally in Lakemba on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel.