Tim Fernandez

#BREAKING Israel planning to occupy southern Lebanon from the Blue Line to the Litani River abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…

An Israeli airstrike struck an apartment building in central Beirut, on Wednesday. The Israeli army had warned residents to evacuate about an hour before completely flattening it as day broke.

Israel's military prosecutors drop case against reservists who allegedly raped Palestinian detainee, as war with Iran rages on abc.net.au/news/2026-03-1…

Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people — was the result of a targeting mistake. nyti.ms/47G2uw2

Exclusive: Australians serving on a US submarine which sunk an Iranian warship last week were ordered to their sleeping quarters while the operation to fire torpedoes at the enemy target was underway thenightly.com.au/politics/how-a…

FOI docs sought by my colleague .@domgiannini_ show NSW Premier Minns was warned days after #Bondiattack by a top govt advisor that heavyhanded policing may alienate communities & "increase risk of radicalisation". Here's my exchange with him today theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol

BREAKING: Israel fired white phosphorous over Lebanese homes, Human Rights Watch says 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/a49wlz?update=…

PM Albanese confirms THREE Australians were on the US submarine that sank an Iranian ship On Sky News, Albanese adds "no Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran"

new: PM Albanese gave Donald Trump a model nuclear submarine with gold finishes, and first lady Melania a $3000 pearl pendant, on his visit to the White House Docs obtained under FOI show new details of the trip which sealed Trump's support for Aukus theguardian.com/australia-news…

EXCLUSIVE Two Australian sailors were on board the US nuclear-powered submarine that sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo yesterday. 9news.com.au/world/us-israe…

“Those protests are organised by a pack of communists that are just intent on having a confrontation with police.” NSW Premier Chris Minns tells budget estimates anti-Herzog protest organisers were communists who wanted a confrontation with police. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Spain's government denies cooperation with U.S. operations in the Middle East, contradicting White House. apnews.com/article/iran-t…

DFAT tells diplomats and officials to cancel all non-essential travel as it prepares for what could prove to be an "unprecedented" consular challenge. No travel to Europe/Middle East (unless helping with crisis response) and senior officials need to tick off any travel elsewhere

#BREAKING Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Australia's domestic spy agency during his state visit last month. Herzog met with ASIO director-general Mike Burgess at the agency's headquarters in Canberra sbs.com.au/news/article/i…

"No real effort has been made to reference the acknowledged right of self-defence, most likely because the evidence for invoking self-defence did not exist... There was no prospect of Iran launching an imminent attack." theconversation.com/international-…

In US defence & intel circles Jasmine El-Gamal is regarded as one of the best analysts. She has 25 yrs experience in nat security including advising the Pentagon on Middle East. We included her in our 4 Corners “The Big War.” Her analysis here is interesting re regional impacts.

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say reut.rs/4siKbF4 reut.rs/4siKbF4

The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law. news.un.org/en/story/2026/…

President Trump launched strikes on Iran after a weeks-long lobbying effort by Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to four people familiar with the matter. U.S. intelligence assessments saw no imminent threat, but regional allies argued to strike. wapo.st/4s23KC9

Israel has now killed more journalists than any other government since the Committee to Project Journalists began collecting records in 1992. The Israel-Gaza war is the deadliest conflict on record for journalists, the CPJ found. wapo.st/4qVc6tB