The United States has warned Israel could risk losing access to weapons funding unless aid is boosted.
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.
The Israeli prime minister has told the US he will strike military targets,not Iran’s oil infrastructure or nuclear installations,according to The Washington Post.
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.
Israel targeted new locations in northern Lebanon on Saturday as a third United Nations peacekeeper was wounded in the escalating conflict.
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.
Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp as Israel continues its multi-front assault in the Middle East.
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.