Twenty-one soldiers killed in blast, building collapse

Twenty-one Israeli soldiers were killed on Monday when a blast ripped through a Gaza compound being prepared for demolition. Read more

Joseph Brender – a pillar of Sydney’s Jewish community

Philanthropist Joseph Brender was not only a major donor to charities in Australia but was also a serious worker for causes in which he believed. Read more

Gaza hostage relatives burst into Israeli parliament

A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza has stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem, demanding MPs do more to try to free their loved ones. Read more

Penny Wong announces sanctions against Middle East terror groups

The federal government has slapped sanctions on three entities and 12 people with links to prescribed terrorist organisations Hamas, Hizballah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad following attacks in the Middle East. Read more

The last question for Rabbi Apple – and a tribute from the Great Synagogue

Q. Is there a Jewish view about women using make-up?     Ask the rabbi. Read more

Jewish, Muslim women denounce world silence on Hamas’s sexual attacks

A Jewish beauty queen from Israel and a Muslim doctor from Britain denounced Hamas’s sexual violence and the silence of feminist groups at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more

Israeli barmitzvah boy forgoes party, treats 200 soldiers to dinner

Amichai Jackson, a bar mitzvah boy from the Gush Etzion community of Elazar, decided that in lieu of a party to mark the milestone event, his parents should use the money to treat Israeli soldiers to dinner. Read more

Gandel Rehabilitation Centre in Jerusalem treating war-wounded

Hadassah representatives clapping and singing “Shalom Aleichem” welcomed the first patients into the Gandel Rehabilitation Centre at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus marked the phased opening of the facility. Read more

Nova Festival victims’ families plant trees where they lost their loved ones

Grieving families have planted trees in the parking area for the Nova Festival, where they lost family members in the October 7 massacre. Read more

An icon dies – Rabbi Raymond Apple passes away in Jerusalem

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue community has been saddened to hear of the passing of Rabbi Raymond Apple AO, who was the spiritual head of the congregation for over three decades. Read more

Israeli cycling team member wins Tour Down Under

Welshman Stevie Williams won the last stage of the Tour Down Under to confirm his victory in the overall title. Read more

Thousands take to Israel streets to protest Netanyahu

Thousands of people have demonstrated in Israel against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

UN head: Netanyahu won’t answer my phone calls

António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday from Davos, Switzerland, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined to take his phone calls since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7. Read more

Hamas man wanted to sell IDF soldier’s head for $10,000

A Hamas terrorist admitted to Israeli interrogators that he tried to sell the decapitated head of an IDF soldier for $10,000. That soldier was the son of David Tahar of Jerusalem. Read more

Guterres meets freed Israeli hostages in Davos

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with released Israeli hostages for the first time on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more

Maccabi shines in Buenos Aries

The Australian Maccabi team has brought home 26 medals from the Pan-American Games in Buenos Aries, including six golds. Read more

Israeli opposition files first no-confidence motion since war’s start

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid filed a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday over the passing of the state budget. Read more

Israeli president raises plight of hostages in Davos

Sitting with a photo of Kfir Bibas on his one-year birthday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog brought attention to the plight of the hostages in Gaza during an interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Read more

NSW to review inciting violence laws over Gaza tensions

Concerns from some community groups that laws in NSW prohibiting incitement of violence don’t go far enough have prompted a legal review. Read more

Family marks baby boy’s first birthday in Hamas captivity

“It’s my birthday and no one will celebrate with me,” Yossi Schneider read out from a letter as family members and representatives of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum marked Kfir Bibas’s first birthday in Nir Oz. Read more

UN: No indication Hamas was building elaborate tunnel system

Despite the presence of a Hamas terror tunnel system in the Gaza Strip, now thought to be larger in scale than the London Underground, the United Nations insists it had no idea the tunnels were being built. Read more

Israel gives world’s first regulatory approval to cultivated beef

Israel’s Health Ministry gave regulatory approval to the world’s first cultivated beef steaks on Wednesday, which a leading culinary expert said places Israel at the forefront of foodtech. Read more

Pro-Palestinian unionists to picket Israeli ship

Pro-Palestinian trade unionists will picket a West Australian port terminal to disrupt an Israeli container ship. Read more

Wong tells Palestinians aid must be used appropriately

Penny Wong has told Palestinian officials that Australian aid must be used for delivering vital services to civilians in a warning against allowing terror groups to access the funding. Read more

Penny Wong visits Yad Vashem

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Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas

Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel. Read more

Four victims of Ra’anana terror attack remain in serious condition

Sixteen victims from Monday’s deadly stabbing and car-ramming spree in Ra’anana remain hospitalised, including four in serious condition. Read more

Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza

Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians. Read more

Wong sounds alarm over civilian deaths and ‘just’ peace

As the number of Palestinians being killed in the Gaza war continues to climb since the October 7 Hamas attack, Penny Wong has urged for genuine steps towards peace and security. Read more

Gaza terrorists launch largest rocket barrage at Israel in weeks

Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday launched over 50 rockets into southern Israel, according to local authorities. Read more

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