The Albanese government has sent two more military aircraft to the Middle East in the event the conflict escalates.
The Albanese government has sent two more military aircraft to the Middle East in the event the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates and more Australian citizens need to be evacuated.
“We are putting that in place really as a contingency to support Australian populations in the Middle East, bearing in mind that this is, and we just don’t absolutely know which way it goes from here as the world really holds its breath watching it,” Mr Marles told Nine television. “We’re urging those people to move south within Gaza, and we’re working with the international community to try and establish that humanitarian corridor that we’ve seen operating in terms of getting humanitarian goods into Gaza through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt.
“Certainly, we agree with the United States that it’s important that we avoid spillover on this issue, which would be bad for Israel bad for the region,” he said.
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