Thousands attend pro-Palestinian protest across Australia; Hamas militants free two of the 200 people they took hostage and in rugby union, New Zealand's All Blacks beat Argentina 44 to 6.
Protesters have gathered across Australia to show their support for Palestinians affected by the Middle East conflict and to urge immediate government action to achieve a peaceful resolution.
"So, we need to reiterate again, no forms of racism, anti-Semitism included, these things are not welcome in our protest, not welcome in our movement, they've never been part of our movement, and we know that there are many Jewish people in the world who bravely stand with the Palestinian people.
Israeli has since begun a campaign of retaliatory airstrikes that Gaza's health ministry, which is run by Hamas, says has left more than 3500 people dead, another 12,000 wounded and displaced around 1 million out of a population of 2.3 million. A public gathering has been held in Singleton, the country town home to many of the ten wedding guests who were killed and 25 who were injured when their coach crashed in the Hunter Valley in June.
This comes after people forced to flee their homes have finally been allowed to return after firefighters spent days battling the blaze, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning high fire dangers loom across inland Queensland.
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