US officials say high-level negotiations have made good progress towards reopening the lone border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
and dozens of Hamas militants in a barrage of airstrikes on a densely packed refugee neighbourhood in Gaza, as hopes grew Australians trapped in the enclave might soon be able to leave.
Meanwhile, optimism grew on Wednesday that Australians and other foreign nationals could escape from the Palestinian strip within days. Mr Albanese was part of a round of calls Mr Netanyahu had with leaders. During their call on Wednesday morning, Mr Netanyahu provided an update on the war and thanked Mr Albanese for Australia’s “unreserved support” for Israel, a read-out of the conversation provided by Mr Netanyahu’s office said.
Palestinian survivors react in front of the rubble of their family building, following an Israeli airstrike on Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza.A day after Israel confirmed its troops had rescued its first hostage, a female soldier, taken by Hamas in the October 7 attack, the terror group said it planned to release some non-Israeli citizens in coming days. Four hostages have been released so far out of an estimated 240 people abducted.
But the Israel Defence Forces claimed vindication for the major airstrike on Gaza’s biggest refugee camp, which flattened a number of apartment blocks. But the Hamas-run Gazan health ministry said the strikes had killed and wounded “hundreds” of people in the Jabaliya neighbourhood. A doctor at a nearby hospital said the facility was receiving hundreds of injured and that dozens were dead.Several Islamic countries condemned the airstrike, with Qatar, which has emerged as an intermediary for dealing with Hamas, labelling it “a new massacre against the defenseless Palestinian people, especially women and children”.
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