War news headlines

A flotilla of boats on Loch Ness picked up mysterious signals, indicating something large in the murky waters.

An Israeli strike on a school sheltering the displaced in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 27 people, Palestinian medical officials say.

There was a decline in seats being taken up on Wednesday's evacutation flights, with a little over half of the 660 available seats used.

An Israeli airstrike hit a Lebanese Civil Defense center in the town of Dardghaya in southern Lebanon.

The latest repatriation flight from Lebanon to Australia has landed at Sydney Airport overnight.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden have held their first call in seven weeks.

A mother has recalled her many sleepless nights while she waited for her daughter to be flown from Lebanon back to safety in Australia.

The opposition leader claimed the government's response to the divisive debate has partly incited antisemitism.

Survivors of Hamas' deadly October 7 attack on Israel and relatives of those killed and kidnapped have shared their heartbreaking experiences to thousands in vigils across Australia.

Vigils across the country came as Jewish leaders condemned what they said had been rising incidences of anti-Semitism since deadliest attack in Israel's history.

At 6.29am — the exact minute Hamas launched its attack — the families of those killed at the Nova music festival gathered at the site where almost 400 revellers were gunned down and from where many others were taken hostage.

Ian McConville was summoned in Tehran over what Iran claimed was "repeated biased positions" - including on Iran's response to what it described as "the Zioniest regime" in Israel.

The IDF claimed Hamas was regrouping in the area as it launched a new ground operation, forcing people to flee.

She'd never contemplated fleeing Lebanon before, even as the financial crisis emptied bank accounts and destroyed livelihoods.

The plane, carrying more than 200 Australians, took off from Beirut and landed in Cyprus yesterday.

Thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict in the region.

Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, hitting Beirut's southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in northern Lebanon for the first time.

Plans for rallies this weekend and on October 7, the anniversary of Hamas' deadly surprise attack on Israel last year that saw 1200 Israeli people killed and more than 200 kidnapped, have sparked controversy.

Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes, hitting suburbs of Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment.

Billionaire philanthropist Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest has called on other philanthropists and big business to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, today pledging a further $18 million through the Minderoo Foundation.

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters are expected to rally this weekend, with police warning there will be 'no tolerance' for lawbreaking.

The Lebanese army has become involved in the fighting as the country's health minister slammed "war crime".

An Adelaide school teacher is stranded in Lebanon despite days of desperate attempts to make it onto a flight out of the escalating conflict zone.

Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel caused few casualties, but it marked a further escalation of tensions that could see the Middle East unravel.

About 1700 Australians and immediate family in Lebanon have registered as wanting to flee the country.

A potential attack on Iran's nuclear program would add further provocation to the ongoing conflict.

One of the lucky ones, 17-year-old Christian Aoukar, landed in Adelaide yesterday to hugs but his mum is still in Beirut.

In Gaza, Israeli ground and air operations killed at least 51 people, including women and children, Palestinian medical officials said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warning has heightened fears that the conflict in the Middle East will escalate further.

Iran launched about 200 missiles at Israel, most of which were intercepted, according to US and Israeli officials.

It comes just hours after a late-night warning from the Israeli Defense Force for residents to evacuate.

Air raid alerts sounded in Israel after a day of rocket and missile attacks from Lebanon, where Israel said it had begun limited ground operations against Hezbollah.

The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against Hezbollah.

The US Secretary of Defense says attack infrastructure along Lebanon's border must be dismantled to prevent a repeat of October 7.

Israel has launched airstrikes in Syria intermittently since Hamas' October 7 attacks last year but does not usually confirm when it has carried out attacks there.

The Lebanese militant group is reeling from a string of devastating blows and the killing of its overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Two high-ranking Lebanese security officials said the technology was so advanced that it was virtually undetectable.

The Israeli prime minister has dimmed any hopes of a ceasefire, saying strikes on Hezbollah will continue "with full force" until all of its goals are achieved.

Fears of escalation are growing as Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong insists "Lebanon cannot become the next Gaza".

Ibrahim Kobeisi was a top commander with the group's rocket and missile unit.

Thousands of people fled from southern Lebanon with the two sides on the brink of all-out war.

He said humanity is "edging towards the unimaginable – a powder keg that risks engulfing the world".

In a recorded message to Lebanese civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged them to heed Israeli calls to evacuate, saying "take this warning seriously".

Zomi Frankcom was killed in Gaza in an Israeli airstrike earlier this year. A push is on to stop that happening to anybody else.

The government has committed $82.5 million in humanitarian assistance since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

Israel is bombing targets across many parts of Lebanon and Hezbollah is firing rockets and drones deep into northern Israel. But no one is calling it a war – not yet.

The last 48 hours has seen the most intense exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in almost a year of war in Gaza, as the Lebanese militant group fired projectiles deeper into Israeli territory than has previously been seen.

Hezbollah has launched more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel as as both sides appear to be spiralling closer toward all-out war.

A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from attacks from Israel.

The European Union pledged to lend Ukraine up to €35 billion ($57 billion) as part of a loan package organised by the G7 nations, as it seeks to help the country rebuild its economy and its war-shattered power grid.