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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

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Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters raise their fists and shout slogans during the funeral of their senior commander Ali Dibs who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
November 20, 2024, 11:05 pm
New Zealand designates Houthis and entirety of Hezbollah as terror organizations
Country previously blacklisted only military wing of Lebanese group; decision comes after police advised government that both groups’ actions qualify as terrorism
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
This handout photo taken and released on March 5, 2024 by the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit 2024 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) walking with his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon at the National Gallery of Victoria for the ASEAN Leaders dinner during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit 2024 in Melbourne. (Patrick Hamilton / ASEAN-Australia Special Summit 2024 / AFP)
July 26, 2024, 4:40 pm
‘It must end’: Australia, New Zealand, Canada call for immediate Gaza ceasefire
Countries’ leaders say in joint statement civilians can’t ‘be made to pay the price of defeating Hamas,’ demand Israel ‘respond substantively’ to ICJ ruling on West Bank presence
By Reuters and ToI Staff
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reacts as he speaks during a press conference in Sydney on December 20, 2023. (David Gray/AFP)
February 29, 2024, 10:17 am
New Zealand designates all of Hamas as terror group, sanctions extremist settlers
Wellington says Oct. 7 massacre makes Hamas’s military wing, political organization indistinguishable; PM says surge in attacks by Israeli settlers ‘destabilizing’ ongoing crisis
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians stand outside their tents in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 14, 2024, amid the continuing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Said Khatib/AFP)
February 15, 2024, 11:43 am
Australia, Canada, New Zealand urge ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza
Trilateral statement appears to back pause in fighting to protect Gaza civilians leading to long-term truce, warns against ‘potentially catastrophic’ ground offensive in Rafah
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The 12 staffers at UNRWA alleged to have been involved in the October 7 onslaught. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 30, 2024, 11:25 am
Blinken says evidence of UNRWA staffers’ Oct. 7 involvement ‘highly, highly credible’
News outlets publish photos of UN staffers implicated in Israeli dossier; New Zealand pauses funding over ‘incredibly serious’ allegations; Israel cancels meetings with UNRWA head
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
In this Wednesday, June 4, 2014 photo, sailboats sit off the coast near Alofi, Niue. (AP/Nick Perry)
August 4, 2023, 11:35 pm
Israel establishes diplomatic ties with miniscule island of Niue
Ambassador to Wellington makes first official visit to country, part of realm of New Zealand, to seal deal with premier
By ToI Staff
People wave Australian flags as they line the street to watch the Anzac Day parade in Sydney, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
April 25, 2023, 11:43 am
Australia, New Zealand honor their fallen soldiers on Anzac Day
Dawn services and veterans’ street marches take place across both countries on anniversary of Gallipoli landing; Canberra sounds alarm over China’s increasing threat in region
By Rod McGuirk
Australia's Sam Kerr (20) scores against Sweden's Nathalie Bjorn (14) during their women's friendly soccer match in Melbourne, Australia, November 12, 2022. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
February 1, 2023, 4:38 pm
Women’s soccer World Cup hosts urge FIFA not to sign Saudi sponsor
Officials in Australia and New Zealand, co-hosts of July tournament, cite Gulf state’s poor women’s rights record in joint letter to the sport’s governing body
By Graham Dunbar
Incoming New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins (right) and his incoming deputy Carmel Sepuloni arrive for a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, January 22, 2023. (AP/Nick Perry)
January 22, 2023, 9:02 am
Chris Hipkins tapped as New Zealand’s next PM after shock Ardern resignation
Labour lawmaker wins uncontested ballot as party tries to show unity in lead up to election; Carmel Sepuloni to become first Pacific Islander deputy premier
By Agencies
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand January 19, 2023. (Warren Buckland/New Zealand Herald via AP)
January 19, 2023, 8:16 am
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, steps down in shock move
After over five years in office, premier says she ‘no longer has enough in the tank’ to remain in role, will leave early February; doesn’t name successor
By Nick Perry
File: A man sits while smoking in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 (AP Photo/David Rowland, File)
December 13, 2022, 7:13 pm
New Zealand imposes lifetime cigarette ban on youths in bid to end smoking
New law permanently forbids sale of tobacco to anyone born after start of 2009, also limits amount of nicotine permitted in smokes
By Nick Perry
Ambassador Ran Yaakoby casts a vote in Wellington, New Zealand on October 20, 2022. (Foreign Ministry)
October 20, 2022, 5:12 am
Ambassador to New Zealand kicks off voting for 25th Knesset
Ran Yaakoby repeats wish that this will be the last time he is the first to cast a ballot as Israel heads back to the polls for the fifth time in four years
By ToI Staff
A protester carries a Proud Boys banner while other members start to unfurl a large US flag in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, September 7, 2020 (AP/Andrew Selsky).
July 1, 2022, 8:02 am
New Zealand designates US far-right group Proud Boys a terrorist organization
Despite not being active in the country, Wellington cites group’s role in Jan. 6 insurrection, as country has become more attuned to threats following Christchurch massacre
By Nick Perry
Barry Manilow speaks at the 65th annual BMI Pop Awards on May 9, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
February 13, 2022, 12:20 pm
New Zealand tries Barry Manilow hits to repel COVID protesters
After sprinklers fail to disperse demonstrators against mask and vaccine mandates, authorities blast Jewish crooner’s songs at trespassers near parliament, give ‘Macarena’ a spin
By Nick Perry
In this Oct. 17, 2020, file photo, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, is congratulated by her partner Clarke Gayford following her victory speech to Labour Party members at an event in Auckland, New Zealand (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
January 23, 2022, 8:23 am
New Zealand’s Ardern cancels wedding amid new Omicron restrictions
PM calls off nuptials as she tightens COVID-19 regulations: ‘I’m no different to thousands of other New Zealanders who have had much more devastating impacts felt by the pandemic’
By AFP
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