News & Views Hostages and prisoners released as calls for ceasefire extension continues Over the weekend, more than a dozen Israeli hostages held by Hamas since October 7 were released, along with 39 Palestinian prisoners.
News & Views Ceasefire for hostage and prisoners exchange deal reached between Israel and Hamas A ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas and is due to go into effect later tonight AEST.
News & Views Majority of deaths in Gaza are women and children Almost 70% of those killed in Gaza so far have been women and children. Meanwhile, 180 babies are delivered daily into dire conditions
News & Views Aussie journalists weigh in on Gaza war as fresh calls for ceasefire reveal escalating horror Organisations and individuals have released statements calling for aid and support for the people of Gaza.
News & Views Lawyers call for Australian government to push for ceasefire in Gaza Nearly 500 lawyers in Australia have signed an open letter pushing the Australian government to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.
News & Views UN says Gaza becoming a ‘graveyard for children’. Doctors raise concerns for pregnant women With hundreds killed or injured daily, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Gaza becoming “a graveyard for children.”
Politics Penny Wong says ‘innocent civilians should not pay for horrors perpetrated by Hamas’ Senator Penny Wong says innocent civilians should not pay for the horrors perpetrated by Hamas as Israel exercises its right to defend itself.
News & Views Australia’s female leaders step up in responding to humanitarian crisis in Gaza Australian women have written an open statement on the disproportionate affect the conflict in Gaza is having on women and children.
News & Views Women are paying a high price in Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, UN data shows UN Women has released data showing gendered impacts of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip cannot be overlooked.
News & Views Former PMs condemn Hamas and urge Israel to protect civilian lives in Gaza John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison signed the statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
News & Views ‘Last night we died one hundred times’: A poem sharing voices from Gaza as communication went silent Rachel Coghlan has been in regular contact with people in Gaza. She shares this poem based on their accounts prior to communication being cut
World How women in Israel and Palestine are pushing for peace- together Just days before the Hamas attacks on Israel, thousands of Israeli and Palestinian feminist peace activists gathered in Jerusalem.
