Israel news headlines

As airstrikes hammered the territory throughout the day as families in cars, trucks and donkey carts packed the main road out.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong called the attacks on Israel "heinous" but said humanitarian needs should be met.

Father worries for his missing daughter, who went to the Tribe of Nova music festival before Hamas militants turned the party into a killing ground and she was left running for her life with a fractured leg in a moon boot.

It comes as Israel's military directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours on Friday.

Donald Trump said that he stood with Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as his GOP rivals continued to pointedly denounce his lashing out at Netanyahu days after Hamas’ deadly attacks.

The toll includes 614 children and 370 women and an additional 7,696 people have been wounded, according to the ministry.

The United Nations undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, publicly criticised Israel's evacuation order, suggesting that it was completely unviable.

No power. No water. And nowhere to go with rumours of an imminent Israeli ground offensive. This is the situation facing 1.1 million people in northern Gaza.

A UN spokesperson called the order 'impossible' without 'devastating humanitarian consequences'.

Israeli tanks loaded with high-power ammunition have assembled on the border as the spectre of a full-scale ground invasion looms.

Former President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister was caught unprepared by Hamas' attack and praising the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as "very smart."

Tear gas and water cannons have been used to disperse protesters who defied the ban on the streets of Paris.

Anthony Albanese said officials are working to ensure expats won't be dumped in London after they leave Israel.

Antony Blinken said at the same time the world was "shocked by the depravity of Hamas", it was "inspired by the bravery of Israeli citizens".

Palestinians have lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverised neighbourhoods darkened by a near-total power outage.

Moran Yanai's family is pleading for her safe return, after the 40-year-old was kidnapped fleeing an under-siege music festival in Israel's south.

Palestine Action Group Sydney, the organisers, said the decision was made to reduce the legal risks of the event.

The bomb shelter was ill equipt to keep out the advancing militants because it didn't even have a lock.

As the Israel-Hamas conflict unfolds, more is becoming known about the human toll of the war.

Close to 10,000 registered for the event in Dover Heights on Wednesday, including NSW Premier Chris Minns and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

At the most harrowing of times, some Israeli citizens living overseas aren't running from the war at home, but to it.

Gaza's only power plant has run out of fuel, forcing it to shut down after Israel cut off supplies.

Medecins Sans Frontieres has provided an update about the situation in Gaza, where retaliatory Israeli attacks are continuing.

Police are investigating multiple antisemitic threats made against members of Melbourne's Jewish community.

The body of Galit Carbone, 66, was found lying on the ground outside her home in a kibbutz settlement hit hard by militants.

Two flights have been organised with the assistance of Qantas, with the potential for more to follow.

A woman's live TV cross has been interrupted when a bomb was dropped between two buildings in Gaza.

Experts warn the Israeli military will need all its skills to bring home the captives safely.

Officials warned X on Tuesday that the company appears to have been hosting misinformation and illegal content about the war between Hamas and Israel, in potential violation of EU law.

The 'biggest, baddest warship' in the US Navy has blazed a blistering, nuclear-powered trail across the Mediterranean.

He admitted today the government failed to provide a space for them to come together after the Hamas incursion into Israel.

Heavily-armed militants arrived at the settlement on motorbikes before a bloodbath started.

The Iron Dome is designed to shoot down incoming projectiles.

The US President said the country was steadfast in its support for Israel and warned other countries against exploiting the volatile situation.

The Darwin resident watched in frustration as more and more airlines cancelled flights to Israel and multiple countries organised special repatriation flights for their citizens.

The war has already claimed at least 1800 lives on both sides — and perhaps many hundreds more.

Some Israeli parents are being told to remove social media from their children's phones before the expected broadcast of hostage videos.

A group of students could be seen waving Palestinian flags, calling for "freedom and justice for Palestine".

Sydney, London, New York and Paris were among the dozens of cities where anguished crowds took to the streets in solidarity.

The brazen attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel that began on Saturday will be seen as a turning point in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Countless families have been left in a ghoulish limbo, some recognising loved ones in harrowing clips circulating online.

Ilan Troen said he was on the phone with his daughter in Israel when she was shot and killed by Hamas gunmen while shielding her son from their bullets.

Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov, her husband Johnny, and their three young children thought they had made it to safety in their home bunker.

Hamas' armed wing said it would begin killing civilian hostages and broadcasting the act if Israel targets people in Gaza without warning.

Gaza militants who attacked an all-night music festival in southern Israel shot and killed revellers at point-blank range, then looted their belongings, new car dash cam video verified by CNN reveals.

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says there will be "no red line" if the US directly intervenes in the war between Israel and Hamas.

When the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel over the weekend, Palestinians living in the besieged Gaza strip had mixed feelings.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy "the military and governing capabilities" of Hamas after deadly attacks.

Hundreds of people have marched through Sydney in protest against the Opera House being lit up in blue and white in support of Israel following attacks by militant group Hamas.

Israel's defence minister has ordered a "complete siege" of Gaza, saying authorities would cut electricity and block the entry of food and fuel.