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Foreign minister says move is not aimed at Israeli people but ‘ensuring their government respects international and humanitarian law’

Australia cannot wait until international courts decide that a genocide is happening in Gaza, an expert says, urging the government to take imminent action.

Belgium has said it will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly this month, joining France and other western countries in a move that has angered Israel and the United States.

Belgium joins the ranks of Australia, France, Canada and the UK, all who have pledged to recognise a Palestinian state at the UNGA next week in a bid to ramp up pressure on the Israeli government to end the war in Gaza and alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Scenes of chaos play out in Gaza City as military closes in on panic-stricken residents facing forced displacement.

A postwar plan for Gaza proposes the U.S. administers the enclave for at least 10 years while a reconstruction effort takes place. The 2 million people living there would either "voluntarily" relocate or be taken to a restricted security zone during the period

Israel has launched strikes across the Gaza Strip

International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted

The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

More than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest Monday highlighting the deaths of scores of journalists in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group said.

Blasts were seen on the Gaza skyline late on Sunday, 31 August, as Israel stepped up its bombardment of the devastated enclave.