Caitlin Kelly is a Middle East correspondent for the ABC, based in Jerusalem. She was previously based in Senegal covering West and Central Africa for the Associated Press, France24 and other publications. Her reporting has taken her to more than a dozen countries, where she has focused on stories relating to human rights, conflict and humanitarian crises.
A record turnout of Arabs, many of whom identify as Palestinian citizens of Israel, tipped the political scales in the election and turned the Arab-majority parties into kingmakers in a deadlocked result.
Israelis still have no certainy about who'll form their country's next government after an election with record voter turnout. There's no clear path to victory for the long-serving prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or his main challenger Gadi Eisenkot.
Israelis have voted for the nation's next prime minister, but we won't know who the country's next leader will be for weeks. Read back as our experts explain why.
Half a million people will lose access to food assistance in Gaza due to United Nations funding cuts, according to the World Food Programme.
The Houthis - a Yemeni rebel group - have stepped up attacks on Saudi Arabia targeting its airports in deadly strikes. It marks another dangerous escalation in a region riven with tension and conflict.
More than 74,000 people have reportedly been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023 and most of the population have been displaced.
Estimates suggest the total cost of rebuilding Gaza, which residents now describe as a cemetery, could be $US71.4 billion over a decade.
Children are returning to schools and makeshift education facilities in Gaza but the war has left its mark on their studies.
NAZA, by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, accuses the Israeli army of systematic mass civilian killings in Gaza.
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
Houthis say Saudi Arabia has launched dozens of air attacks as Yemen's internationally recognised government accuses the militia of killing and displacing civilians during its rapid advance.
Saudi told European customers that some September shipments will be cancelled fighting across the region threatens the country's oil supplies.
There's more bad news for households this monday as the escalating conflict in the Middle East is putting pressure on oil prices. Proposed talks between the Gulf States and Iran to discuss opening the Strait of Hormuz have been postponed. And Houthi rebels have seized the Bab al-Mandeb Strait in Yemen - a move that is likely to further constrain oil supplies.
In Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed at least seven people in retaliation for what the IDF says were Hezbollah drone attacks fired at Israeli soldiers. Despite a US-brokered ceasefire with the Lebanese government, the Israeli military is still operating in southern Lebanon, where attacks have continued since the agreement in June this year.
WCK founder and chief feeding officer José Andrés says there is "never an excuse for killing" humanitarian workers.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has published the findings of five internal probes that examined deadly attacks its soldiers launched on aid and medical workers in Gaza.
