With a number of vigils planned around the country today to mark the October 7 anniversary, NSW Police has reissued a warning against displaying the Hezbollah flag or symbols or portraits of Hassan Nasrallah in public.
The AFP is currently investigating after a number of people who are alleged to have displayed "suspected prohibited symbols", including the Hezbollah flag, at a Melbourne rally last weekend.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has just attacked a hospital in the central Gaza region of Deir al-Balah, where a mosque was also hit yesterday.
It posted this update to its Hebrew language account on X about 30 minutes ago:
"Aircraft of the Air Force attacked a short time ago, in a targeted manner and under the intelligence guidance of the Israeli Defense Forces and the Southern Command, terrorists from the terrorist organization Hamas who were operating in command and control complexes set up in the 'Shahda Al-Aqsa' hospital in the Deir al-Balah region."
The IDF said its strike targeted command and control complexes used by Hamas and said before the attack, "many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians, including the use of precision weaponry, aerial contracts and additional intelligence information".
More than 10 days on from Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, a successor is yet to be named.
The heir apparent is Hashem Safieddine, a member of Hezbollah's senior ranks, who was reportedly targeted by Israeli strikes in southern Beirut on Thursday.
Safieddine's fate currently remains unclear.
Hezbollah political official Mahmoud Qmati told Iraqi state television on Sunday that Israel was obstructing search efforts in an area where Safieddine had reportedly been targeted.
Qmati said the group was being jointly led until it could pick a new leader, which would take time.
"What's important is that joint command is in place," he said.
"The method of choosing a replacement for the secretary-general takes time and requires appropriate circumstances, and for that reason we suffice today with temporary joint command."
Reporting with Reuters
If you're just joining us, here's the story on two northern Israeli cities being hit by Hezbollah rockets early this morning.
The port city of Haifa — Israel's third largest — and nearby Tiberias were hit by two and five missiles respectively, authorities said.
Local media outlets reported 10 people were injured in the country's north, but it was not immediately clear how many were from these two strikes.
Read more on what we know so far:
Chair of Middle East Studies at Dickinson College, Mireille Rebeiz says it's vital Beirut airport remains open, with the border to Syria fraught with danger.
Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told RN Breakfast on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, the difference between the Jewish people now and during the Holocaust is they had a defence force and they were "ready and willing" to defend themselves.
"We are surrounded on a seven-front war by the Iranian axis of evil," he told the program.
He is referring to the Axis of Resistance which includes Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen, among other Iranian-backed militias and political groups in the Middle East. (You can read about the key players here.)
When questioned on whether Israel planned to attack Iran, Mr Mencer reiterated that Israel knew how to defend itself.
"We know precisely how to deal with the Iranian threat," he said.
"The Iranian government would do well to understand that fact."
Listen to the full interview here:
Late on Sunday night, Beirut's southern suburbs came under renewed Israeli bombing with large fireballs and loud booms over the darkened skyline.
The area has been subject to heavy IDF attacks in the past fortnight, targeted at what Israel says are Hezbollah infrastructure sites and personnel.
Video taken by surveillance cameras showed the moment a Hezbollah rocket hit the Israeli port city of Haifa on Sunday.
Hezbollah said it targeted a military base south of Haifa with a salvo of "Fadi 1" missiles. Media reports said two rockets hit Haifa.
Reuters was able to independently verify the video.
Police said some buildings and properties were damaged, and that there were several reports of minor injuries and people were taken to a nearby hospital.
Our global affairs editor John Lyons joined RN Breakfast earlier this morning from Beirut.
He says last night saw some of the worst bombings in southern Beirut for some time.
"We counted as many as 30 different bombings not far from where I am," Lyons told the program.
At least 1.2 million Lebanese people are displaced, either having fled from the south or the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Lyons says there is great anticipation in the area that an attack from Israel on Iran is imminent, after Iran's ballistic missile barrage last week.
"We're on the eve of a possible full-scale war between Iran and Israel.
"Israel is, as Benjamin Netanyahu says, fighting on several fronts right now.
"Israel has been bombing Gaza, the West bank, southern Lebanon, southern suburbs of Beirut, the centre of Beirut and the Beqaa valley
"It's been a long time since we've seen something as dramatic as that, where one country has been at conflicts on so many different fronts. "
Listen to the full interview here:
The Australian government has updated its travel advice for Israel to a "reconsider your need to travel" level.
A notice posted to its Smartraveller website over the weekend advises of a heightened military and terrorist attack threat in the country and disrupted flight operations to and from the capital Jerusalem.
"Overall, we continue to advise that you reconsider your need to travel to Israel due to the volatile security situation," it says.
"If you are in Israel, you should reconsider whether you need to remain and if not, depart when it's safe to do so."
Elsewhere, the Gaza Strip, West Bank, the Israel-Lebanon border areas, and all other parts of Lebanon have a "do not travel" advisory in effect.