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(20.10.23) A mother and her daughter were released "for humanitarian reasons" in response to Qatari mediation efforts, Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a statement on Friday. According to the IDF, there are 222 hostages held by Hamas.

Prof. Rafi Mann reports from Israel about how many Israelis received the terrible shock on October 7th, and how an entire country may be bracing for a few month of war and the effect it may cause in a long term

The latest news from Israel in Hebrew, as heard on the SBS Hebrew program on Sunday 22nd of October 2023

In a show of unity in federal Parliament on Monday, MPs of all political persuasions rightly condemned Hamas’s barbarism and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. The four Greens MPs were alone in opposing the motion after their leader Adam Bandt shamefully tried to move an amendment condemning Israeli war crimes and stating “for there to be peace there must be an end to the State of Israel’s...

Caroline Marcus is a senior reporter based in Sky News Australia’s Sydney bureau. She also worked as a reporter in television and newspapers in Australia and Singapore.

More than 5,000 people arrived to Caulfield Park in Melbourne on Friday evening to stand in solidarity with Israel as the country suffered through the darkest chapter in its history.

האוסטרלים דחו הצעה לעגן קול ילידים לפרלמנט בחוקה עם הצבעת לא בכל שש המדינות, כולל בטריטוריה הצפונית

Peta Jones pellach with the latest report from Israel

Based in Melbourne Australia, Magen David Adom provides direct relief for poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability, destitution or helplessness. MDA takes particular interest in the welfare of the Jewish community in Australia. Emmy Baker is a volunteer at MDA Melbourne and tells us how busy they are raising founds to MDA Israel, as well as to the IDF.

Tal Edery is a young Israeli woman who lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. We talked to Tal in order to learn more about the similarities and differences between the precarious situations of the Canadian and Australian Jewish communities following the inhuman atrocities carried out by Hamas in the South of Israel.

The Chairman of the Global Israeli Leadership Organisation, Eitan Drori OAM from Melbourne Australia, says: "Israelis living in the diaspora have the responsibility to educate and help this way or another. It is now the time to show our support to the people of Israel"

Dr. Ran Porat is an affiliate research associate in the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University. We discuss the different aspects of the Israeli community of Australia and how the war in Israel may, or may not, affect Israelis living in Australia

A Solidarity Community Event at Caulfield Shule in Melbourne, with speeches from politicians and community leaders. Some of the members of parliament included Ben Carroll, John Pesutto, Senator James Paterson and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles

Jeremy Leibler is the President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, as well as a partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler. Jeremy strongly condemns the horrific slaughter of children, babies, young and old, carried out by Hamas in the south of Israel. Jeremy warns against the platitude of so-called “moral equivalence”, blandly referring to the victims of both sides instead of unequivocally condemning t...

Pro-Palestinian protestors burned the Israeli flag and chanted "f..k the Jews" as the Sydney Opera House lit up in solidarity with Israel. Shane Desiatnik with the latest Australian Jewish News

A special news update from Israel.

Developing story: Israel has declared war on Hamas after one of the deadliest terror attacks on Israeli soil. More than 200 Israelis were killed and more than 1500 wounded. Peta jones pellach with a special report

Yoram Glass was born in Kibbutz Hefziba in 1951. Yoram lost his father at a young age, and suffered from asthma during his childhood. In addition he was a gifted violinist and student. Consequently, Yoram didn’t have to serve in a combat unit. Nevertheless, Yoram volunteered to serve in the armoured corpses and became a tank commander. Yoram was killed in the Golan Heights on the second day of the...

The IDF was in pursuit of a suspected terror squad after a car was hit in by shots fired at a major West Bank intersection on Thursday. The passengers reported they had heard gunshots and bullets were found inside the vehicle but no injuries were reported.

Prof. Rafi Mann tell us about Sukkot in Israel, and also about ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting at the feet of foreign Christian worshipers in the Old City of Jerusalem

Shane Desiatnik tells us about Danielle Wolfson, the only Israeli woman to have scaled Mount Everest, and soon will complete her "seven summits" challenge, with mount Kosciuszko (NSW) on her list

The latest news in Hebrew as heard on the SBS Hebrew program

Bezalel (“Bazza”) Gillis was born in Israel, served in a combat unit in the IDF until late last year, and soon after embarked upon one of the most interesting and challenging post army trips possible: long tracks in NZ, staying with exceedingly friendly rural communities in Fiji, and then working for three months in a remote cattle station in Queensland. It’s definitely not for the fainthearted to...

Arie Rokach is a lecturer of mathematics, a biblical scholar and much more. In this podcast Arie tells us about the festival of Sukkot and about the associated Mitzvahs and customs.

Peta Jones Pellach reports on conflict during Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv