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High anxiety until 'every single one of them is safe'.

Gov. Greg Abbott needs a delicate coalition of Republicans to pass his top priority. But the House and Senate leaders aren’t getting along.

Quint group – which also includes France, Germany and Italy – says ‘terrorist actions’ of Hamas must be ‘universally condemned’

Increasingly desperate GOP candidates turn to bashing Biden in hopes of harnessing the GOP electorate’s anger, writes John Bowden

Parliament House was illuminated in the colours of the Israeli flag.

It was the worst civilian massacre in the country’s history, with a still-undetermined number taken hostage. Dozens of Hamas militants opened fire on about 3,500 young Israelis gathered for a joyous night of electronic music to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Israel was still finding bodies from Hamas’ weekend attack on southern Israeli towns. Rescue workers found 100 bodies in Beeri — around 10% of that farming community’s population — after a long hostage standoff with gunmen. In Gaza, thousands fled as airstrikes leveled buildings.

Pro-Palestinian groups gather near Israeli embassy while pro-Israelis attend vigil in Westminster

The unexpected infiltration of armed militants of Hamas into the heart of southern Israeli communities killing, wounding and abducting civilians as well as soldiers is profoundly ominous, writes Donald Macintyre