Committee to Protect Journalists says those responsible for death of Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues must be held to account

Anas al-Sharif among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike

AP provides some more detail on Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state next month:

PM Anthony Albanese told reporters in Canberra that recognition would be predicated on commitments Australia received from the Palestinian Authority, including that Islamist militant group Hamas would have no involvement in any future state.

“A two-state solution is humanity’s best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza,” Albanese said at a press conference.