𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕞 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕟 𝔾𝕒𝕫𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜, 𝕁𝕠𝕖 𝔹𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕀𝕤𝕣𝕒𝕖𝕝

𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕞 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕟 𝔾𝕒𝕫𝕒 𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜

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he Muslim Healthcare Workers Aotearoa group says it condemns the recent bombing of a hospital in Gaza and wants a complete cessation of all violence in the region.

Israel and Palestine have blamed each other for the explosion at Al Ahli hospital which has killed at least 500 people.

Nafiz Gamri, a Palestinian-kiwi doctor based in Whanganui, has whanau in Gaza he hasn't heard from since the fighting began.

Gamri spoke to Corin Dann.

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𝔹𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕀𝕤𝕣𝕒𝕖𝕝 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙-𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕡

US President Joe Biden is in Israel on an extraordinary high-stakes trip as the region is gripped by violence in the aftermath of Hamas' attacks and Israel's subsequent response.

Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, in response to the October 7 terrorist attacks that killed 1,400 people.

Nearly 3,500 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials.

Correspondent Sarah Coates spoke to Morning Report.

𝕊𝕡𝕪 𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕪 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕪𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕀𝕤𝕣𝕒𝕖𝕝 ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕤

The head of the country's spy agency says it's keeping a close watch for any threats of violence here as the Israel Hamas war worsens.

The Five Eyes bosses have been meeting in San Francisco with the tech industry to talk about how companies can protect themselves from economic espionage.

But the Middle East conflict is also top of mind.

The Director-General of the Security Intelligence Service Andrew Hampton spoke to political reporter Anneke Smith.

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ℕℤ 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕕𝕘𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕀𝕤𝕣𝕒𝕖𝕝-ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕥 𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤

New Zealand's Muslim and Jewish communities are on edge as the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates.

The war's ripple effects have so far been contained to small - and relatively peaceful - protests here, including hundreds who turned out Wednesday night in Auckland's Aotea Square in support of Palestinians.

The Security Intelligence Service says it's keeping a close watch for signs of violence and is in touch with increasingly anxious communities.

Political reporter Anneke Smith has more.

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