IDF to investigate how drone attack penetrated Iron Dome

An investigation will attempt to answer why Israel's Iron Dome defence system was not activated in Hezbollah's drone strike near Binyamin.

"We will study and investigate how an unmanned aircraft penetrated without warning," an IDF spokesperson said in a statement.

"We will learn and improve."

The spokesperson said the IDF is now contacting the families of those injured or killed in the attack. 

Iron Dome's Achilles heel exposed by drone attack, counterterrorism expert says

Matthew Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute, has appeared on ABC News. 

Here's what he had to say about Israel's defences.

At least 20 people killed in air strike at Gaza school

Inside Gaza, an Israeli air strike killed at least 20 people, including children, at a school on Sunday night, according to two local hospitals. 

The school in Nuseirat was sheltering some of the many Palestinians displaced by the war.

Meanwhile, explosions hit early on Monday outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. 

People were carried into the hospital.

Declining interest in evacuations from Lebanon

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the two flights that left Lebanon for Cyprus yesterday are probably the last ones. 

She cited a decline in interest but said commercial flights were still available. 

Here's political correspondent Isobel Roe discussing the flights.

WHO-Red Cross operation manages to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says that a WHO-Red Cross operation had managed to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza.

"WHO and partners finally managed to reach Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba hospitals yesterday after nine attempts this past week," he posted on X, about an hour ago.

More Australians return from Cyprus

Last night, 147 more passengers landed in Australia after fleeing Lebanon, via Cyprus. 

More flights are scheduled to land today and tomorrow. 

Since October 5, 18 Australian government flights have taken Australians and their families from Beirut to Cyprus. 

As of today, 3,170 people have been helped out of Lebanon, with 2,552 of them already in Australia. 

The government says no more assisted flights have been scheduled to leave Beirut, but commercial flights remain available. 

IDF says four killed in Hezbollah drone attack

Israel's defence forces say four soldiers were killed in the attack on a base near Binyamina.

In a statement, the IDF says dozens of injured personnel were taken to hospitals and their families had been notified. 

Four IDF soldiers were killed in the incident and an additional seven were severely injured.

Their families have been notified and their names will be cleared for publication later.

The incident is being examined.

The IDF shares in the grief of the bereaved families and will continue to accompany them.

We ask to refrain from spreading rumours and the names of injured individuals, and to respect the families.

Acting UN aid chief says 'atrocities must end'

Earlier today acting UN aid chief Joyce Msuya shared a post on X, saying what is happening in northern Gaza is "terrifying beyond words".

She tweeted: "People forcibly displaced, cut off from aid, left to starve."

Macron urges 'general de-escalation', Iran says there are 'no red lines'

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday urged his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to support a "general de-escalation" in the Middle East during a conversation, the presidential office said.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had warned the United States was putting the lives of its troops "at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel".

"While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests," Araghchi posted on X.

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Where is Binyamina?

The drone strike hit the IDF camp at Binyamina, north of Tel Aviv. 

The camp is about 55 kilometres from the Lebanese border and about 30km south of Haifa, the coastal city that is home to a military base that has also been the target of Hezbollah drone attacks.