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The soldiers will join front line fighting "over the next several weeks", according to the Pentagon.

The tally includes 96 dead who arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past two days, the ministry said on Monday.

It was the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked Iran.

Iran's supreme leader, meanwhile, said Israeli strikes on the country over the weekend "should not be exaggerated nor downplayed".

The defence ministry said more than 30 targets were "destroyed" in the aerial offensive.

South Korea's spy chief says it's estimated that North Korea aims to deploy a total of 10,000 troops to Russia by December.

There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah about the fate of Hashem Safieddine.

Monday's exercise simulated the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait.

Ed Halmagyi, better known as "Fast Ed" to many, said he also received a threatening note at the Surry Hills business. 

Israeli forces have repeatedly fired upon first responders and UN peacekeepers since the start of the ground operation.

Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment on Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.

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

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

The president said his position would be that "arms used to fight in Gaza are halted. France doesn't ship any."

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

It comes even as Israel launches a fresh round of missile strikes on Beirut amid a dramatic escalation in the conflict with Hezbollah.

An AP photographer has miraculously captured the seconds prior to an Israeli rocket striking a building in Lebanon.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Sydney in renewed calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East following the latest escalation in violence.

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.

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.

Hezbollah and Israel launched fresh attacks across the border as Hassan Nasrallah spoke for the first time since the mass bombing of devices.

The spectre of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before.

Israeli officials notified the US that the country was going to carry out an operation in a call between defence ministers, but did not reveal what was planned, sources say.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops, "We are at the start of a new phase in the war — it requires courage, determination and perseverance".

Pagers have been used by Hezbollah operatives for internal communication for some time due to them being far less traceable than mobile phones.

The near-simultaneous explosions wounded members of Hezbollah and the Iranian ambassador.

Momin works rescuing wounded and bodies after strikes. He hadn't seen his daughter for 10 months before she was killed.

A 14-year-old boy lies in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, severely burned from an Israeli airstrike. Doctors say nearly his entire body is affected. His wounds have now become infested with maggots.

Police in the Afghan capital say a suicide bomber carried out an attack Monday, killing at least six people and injuring 13 others.

The bodies of six hostages held by Hamas since October have been recovered in an underground tunnel in Gaza.

The Chinese and Philippine Coast Guards traded blame over the latest collisions involving their vessels in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday.

He called for stronger international censure over its aggression in the South China Sea after China blocked Philippine vessels from delivering food to a Coast Guard ship.

The latest Russian bombardment also comes as Ukrainian forces occupy a pocket of Russian territory in the border region of Kursk and as Kyiv carries out its own aerial attacks on targets deep inside Russia.

Thousands of Gazans are on the move again after the Israel Defense Forces reissued evacuation orders for parts of the southern strip.

China’s coast guard accused the Philippines of deliberately crashing one of its ships into a Chinese vessel early on Monday near Sabina Shoal, a new flashpoint in the increasingly alarming territorial disputes between the countries in the South China Sea.

The Israel Defense Forces reported around 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon on Sunday evening, though some fell into open areas and no injuries were reported.

The US, UK and France are among several countries urging their citizens to leave Lebanon as heightened tensions in the region spark fears of a widening Middle East conflict.

Earlier this month, the US and allies practiced taking out a large surface ship with long-range weapons, including, for the first time, a US Air Force B-2 bomber.

The strikes came as as the Israeli military announced it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men, in a move that could rattle the government.

The Israeli military strapped an injured Palestinian man to the hood of a military vehicle during an operation on Saturday in the occupied West Bank.

The group has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war, it has warned.

Russia is pressing on with its offensive in the conflict as Ukraine awaits much-needed resupplies of Western munitions.

India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all did not agree to sign the joint statement signed by 80 others.

The flow of aid in southern Gaza has drastically declined just as the humanitarian need grows.

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defence Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7.

A deadly raid by Israeli forces freed four hostages over the weekend and killed hundreds of Palestinians.

Israel has vowed to persist with its military operation in Gaza, saying it won't engage in "meaningless" negotiations with Hamas.

The move is certain to anger Pyongyang and could trigger retaliatory military steps as tensions between the war-divided rivals rise.

The killing of so many Palestinians, including women and children, showed the heavy cost of such operations.

"To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators, is simply unthinkable," the president said.