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Trucks leave Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on October 10, 2023. Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt, its only one that bypasses Israel, was hit by an Israeli air strike on October 10, 2023 for the second time in 24 hours, witnesses and a rights group said. Witnesses said the strike hit the no-man’s land between the Egyptian and Palestinian gates, damaging the hall on the Palestinian side.
Caption:Trucks leave Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on 10 October, 2023.Photo credit:AFP / Said Khatib
Auckland Museum lit up blue and white on Sunday night in support of Irael, sparking a protest by Palestine supporters and calls for an apology.
Israeli troops and tanks gather in a field near the kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel on October 14, 2023, close to the spot where 270 revellers were gunned down or burnt in their cars by Hamas gunmen at the Supernova music festival in the Negev desert on October 7. Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed at least 1300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed more than 1900 in the Gaza Strip ahead of a potential Israeli ground invasion of the territory. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
Former Wānaka man Topher Straus was in Israel when Hamas attacked last Saturday.
Mourners carry the flag-draped casket of Lebanese Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah, who died on 13 October during Israeli shelling at the Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel.
Israeli army Merkava battle tanks and other vehicles deploy along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 13, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave on October 8. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a House Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs hearing on the budget for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Rescue workers walk across the rubble of collapsed buildings during search efforts following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026. A twin earthquake that was Venezuela’s largest in over a century has killed at least 164 people and destroyed multiple buildings near the capital, where residents searched on June 25 for missing relatives. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Queen Camilla make their way back to Buckingham Palace from Horse Guards Parade during the King’s Birthday Parade “Trooping the Colour” in London on June 13, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Anthony Albanese says Australians need to be in charge of social media’s extraordinary power. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
Swells are so large near State Highway 1 in Wellington after Ngauranga interchange that water is hitting passing cars. Lanes have been blocked as a result.
Tanner Stowers-Smith of the Warriors celebrate winning the NRL Telstra Premiership, Warriors Vs Cowboys at One NZ Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21st June 2026. Copyright photo: John Davidson / www.photosport.nz
New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters speaking in the Budget Debate.
Richard Chambers.