Lacking the familiar,if tragic,armed struggle cycle that forces refugees across the border,the world has watched the slaughter in Gaza with horror.
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.
Hezbollah rockets hit Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa,police said on Monday,and Israeli media reported 10 injured in the country’s north.
Israeli airstrikes continue to batter Beirut’s suburbs in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel escalated its campaign against Hezbollah.
As a Jewish Australian,I am torn between my condemnation of Israel’s almost certain war crimes in Gaza and the terrifying rise in antisemitism,and my relief that Israel might be on track to destroy Hezbollah.
The use of force to generate favourable changes has never paid off in the Middle East,but an uncontrollable explosion can still be avoided.
Australians traumatised by Israel’s missile strikes on Lebanon have landed in Cyprus after fleeing war-torn Beirut on two hastily convened rescue flights.
The region has erupted since the October 7 last year,but these conflicts are as old as the prophets.
In open letter to Australians and the Australian Jewish community,the president of the Zionist Federation of Australia reflects on the 12 months since the October 7 attacks.
Israel will retaliate against Iran for the missile attack launched by Tehran when the time is right,a military spokesman said on Saturday.