Israel-Hamas war live: Hamas reports clashes with IDF in north and south Gaza; aid plan ‘geared to fail’ without political will, says UN
Hamas claims it is firing machine guns and anti-tank missiles' towards Israeli forces in Gaza; 33 trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, compared to 500 per day before war
Australia's foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has urged Israel to listen" when its friends ask it to protect innocent lives in Gaza and warned that the world will not accept continuing civilian deaths".
Wong's comments reflect a strengthening of the Labor government's calls for Israel to minimise civilian deaths in Gaza. The foreign minister said civilians on both sides had been murdered" in the dreadful, tragic conflict".
It is a dreadful, tragic conflict. We are seeing loss of life. We are seeing civilians on both sides [who] have been murdered," Wong told Radio National.
We have seen civilians up on both sides in a lot of pain, and obviously, we still have Israeli hostages who have been taken, that Hamas is still holding."
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