Australian experts will help disaster response backed by ADF personnel. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPat Conroy was also asked about Israel’s assault on a refugee camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah.At least 45 people were killed, many of them women and children, with the strikes coming two days after the international court of justice in The Hague, which arbitrates between states, ordered Israel to stop its operation in Rafah immediately.Well, we’re incredibly concerned by what we saw in Rafah. And that’s why we’ve been continuing to call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. We’ve also called for an immediate return of all hostages that Hamas have taken. And the immediate opening of access so we can get massive amounts of humanitarian support into the Gaza. So immediate humanitarian ceasefire, release of hostages and immediate flow of aid is critical. That’s the Australian Government’s position and you’re absolutely right, what we’ve seen overnight or over the last 24 hours only reinforces the need for those three things. Continue reading…
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