Eight more Australians leave West Bank – as it happened
by Caitlin Cassidy and Rafqa Touma from World news | The Guardian on (#6FTXP)
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Military deployment to Middle East will be for evacuation of Australians
Defence minister Richard Marles was asked on Today what the role of the aircraft and troops sent to the Middle East would be.
We've made our position really clear.
Israel has a right to defend itself and to move against Hamas. What is absolutely essential in doing that is that the protection from the centre and and all the steps that Israel takes, and that the rules of war are adhered to and we've been making that very clear, as well.
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