Relations between the two countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashing out at Anthony Albanese is a “disappointing” but the government is “not going to get into a tit-for-tat”, a Labor minister says.

Australia's interests aren't advanced by rhetorical duels that feed into Netanyahu's narrative of being under siege from foreign critics.

The Israeli government activated tens of thousands of reservists in its military ahead of a planned operation to take control of Gaza City. Approximately 60,000 reserve members of the Israel Defense Forces were called up.

Israel is preparing to launch an expanded military operation in Gaza City, possibly in the coming days, even as negotiators scramble to bring Israel and Hamas to a ceasefire to end 22 months of fight...

Israel's Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Eyal Zamir, said his country was at a turning point in the Gaza war, "with its focus on enhancing the strikes against Hamas in Gaza City," the militar...