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Matthew Doran

Capital Hill

Federal Political Reporter, News Breakfast at ABC News (Australia)

Middle East correspondent for @abcnews in Jerusalem. Proud South Australian. Cheese enthusiast. Tweets, RT's & 'likes' are mine alone.

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  • 3 days ago | abc.net.au | Matthew Doran

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed the bodies of two Israeli hostages have been retrieved from Gaza by Israeli forces. Judy Weinstein-Hagi and Gadi Hagi were killed at Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas fighters on October 7, 2023, and their bodies were taken into the strip. Mr Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Forces and intelligence agency Shin Bet carried out an operation in Gaza to recover their bodies.

  • 4 days ago | abc.net.au | Matthew Doran

    The United Nations has questioned whether shooting attacks on Palestinians near aid distribution sites in southern Gaza could amount to war crimes, and is demanding an independent investigation into the deadly incidents. Early on Tuesday morning (local time), Palestinian authorities said Israeli forces opened fire on desperate Gazans trying to access a private aid distribution site near Rafah — the third such attack in as many days.

  • 4 days ago | abc.net.au | Matthew Doran

    A third major shooting attack near a southern Gaza aid distribution point in as many days is fuelling deep despair amongst the Palestinian community. At least 27 were killed in the latest attack and hundreds more reported injured.

  • 5 days ago | abc.net.au | Matthew Doran

    Palestinian health authorities are reporting at least 24 people have been killed and possibly hundreds injured after Israeli forces opened fire near Gazans waiting for aid at a centre in Rafah. The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the incident and said shots were fired at Palestinian suspects who had deviated from the agreed access route.

  • 6 days ago | abc.net.au | Matthew Doran

    Hanging from the tarpaulin walls of Amal Ashraf Al Shafa'a's tent are three posters showing the faces of three young men. She does not need those photos to remind her of the immense loss her family has experienced during the war in Gaza. But in the midst of the chaos and destruction they take pride of place in her makeshift home in the territory's north. "I lost three of my sons and now they have left behind orphans," she told 7.30.

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Matthew Doran
Matthew Doran @MattDoran91
12 May 25

American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander has been released by Hamas in Gaza, in a goodwill gesture gesture from the militant group after months of stalled negotiations with Israel over the future of the war in the strip https://t.co/EdIPTxsnyS

Matthew Doran
Matthew Doran @MattDoran91
11 May 25

The tiny Gazans bearing the brunt of Israel’s aid blockade, as the Netanyahu Government announces its expanded military campaign in the strip   📺 https://t.co/SlwC3pGcis   📱 https://t.co/XMfTQOvGQl

Matthew Doran
Matthew Doran @MattDoran91
5 May 25

Houthi missile slips through Israel’s sophisticated air defences, as the Israeli government approves an expansion of military operations in Gaza.   📺 https://t.co/XId9L1eFKK   🎧 https://t.co/oCF1GXEccp   📱https://t.co/o50EB5HxzD