Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday said that Israel was "quite clearly" breaching international law in the Gaza Strip, but Canberra was not planning on recognizing a Palestinian state "imminently.

Israeli forces intercepted the Handala, a Gaza-bound ship carrying aid and activists, within 70 nautical miles of its intended destination on Saturday night.

Some of Israel’s closest allies have stepped up criticism of its restrictions on aid to Gaza, where doctors and aid organizations say people are dying of starvation.

Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will not back France’s move to recognise Palestine as a state, while accusing Israel of breaching international law after withholding aid from civilians in Gaza.

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is beyond the world’s “worst fears,” Australia’s government said Friday, as reports of mass starvation and disease across the war-torn enclave persist.

Australia’s Parliament resumed Tuesday for the first time since the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation’s largest-ever majorities in the May elections. The day was largely ceremonial, with reminders of conflict in the Middle East.

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The Federal Court recently found it is not inherently antisemitic to criticise the state of Israel or the Israel Defense Forces.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Israel "to comply immediately with its obligations under international law", saying the conflict in Gaza has "gone beyond the world's worst fears".

A one-year-old-boy is not a Hamas fighter. The civilian casualties and death in Gaza is completely unacceptable,' says Albanese - Anadolu Ajansı

Australia and Jewish Affairs Council's Joel Burnie comments on the Australia-Israel relationship, claiming Israel has a “very close affinity with Australia” despite the Albanese government’s recent condemnation.