Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad killed in an Israeli air strike; A fatal shark attack in Western Australia; and in football, Melbourne City win their fifth A-League Women’s championship title.
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- Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad killed in an Israeli air strike
- A fatal shark attack in Western Australia
- Melbourne City win their fifth A-League Women’s championship title
An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the most senior Hamas official killed since the U-S-backed ceasefire began in October.
Israel says Mr Haddad was killed in a precise strike on Gaza City on Friday.
Hamas confirmed he was killed alongside his wife and 19-year-old daughter.
A joint funeral for the three was held in Gaza City on Saturday.
Mr Haddad's sister, Umm Al-Saeed, has accused Israel and the United States of trying to end Palestinian resistance.
"This assassination is a cowardly act by (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and America especially as well, America is also complicit with Israel in the assassination. They do not want anyone who resists; they want to do whatever they want. They do not want anyone to resist or anyone to free the land."
Local medics say separate Israeli strikes on Friday killed seven Palestinians, including three women and a child.
About 850 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in Israeli strikes since the ceasefire began in October of last year.
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A man who was spearfishing off Rottnest Island in Western Australia has been killed after being bitten on the lower legs by a four-metre shark.
Police Sergeant Michael Wear says CPR was performed but the 38-year-old couldn't be saved.
"Quite horrific scenes for all involved and all the emergency services that were there did a fantastic job with, as I said, quite horrific scenes, definitely."
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Polls have closed in a by-election considered a litmus test of Queensland state politics.
Voters in the northern Brisbane electorate of Stafford went to the ballot boxes on Saturday after the sudden death of former Independent MP Jimmy Sullivan.
While the seat has been held by Labor for most of its history, premier and LNP leader David Crisafulli says the by-election is a test of voter sentiment on his fuel security agenda.
Pauline Hanson's Chief of Staff has defended One Nation's decision not stand a candidate, saying it would have been a waste of party resources after the party polled just over 3 per cent in the seat in the 2024 state election.
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An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province has now expanded to include 246 infections, with 80 deaths reported.
Ugandan officials have also confirmed one case of imported Ebola from DR Congo on Friday.
This is the 17th outbreak of the deadly viral disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The World Health Organization learned of suspected cases earlier this month and dispatched a team to the DRC to help investigate, but samples collected in the field initially tested negative.
The WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove says it's released $500,000 from its contingency fund for emergencies to support the response, including surveillance, contact tracing, laboratory testing and clinical care.
"We also have vaccines that can be pre-positioned. DRC has experience with working with vaccines before so, as this outbreak unfolds, as more information becomes available, we are ready to provide those through mechanisms that already exist."
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The Eurovision grand final is underway in Vienna with singers from 25 countries - including Australia - performing.
The public broadcasters of five countries - Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia - are boycotting this year's event, making it the smallest since 2003 with 35 entries.
That will also most likely reduce viewership from last year's estimated 166 million, more than the Super Bowl's 128 million.
Spanish protester Alvaro is among hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marching in Vienna against Israel's inclusion in the song contest and Israel's military offensive in Gaza.
"Eurovision promote different nations. There are spots before each act and it is not well received, in my opinion, for a lot of Europeans to see a spot saying: come to Israel, it is very nice, very touristy, when the reality is that this is an apartheid state that is pushing away Palestinians and killing them in the places that they have declared war zones."
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To sport, and in the A-League, Melbourne City have claimed their record-equalling fifth A-League Women championship title.
The team defeated the Wellington Phoenix 3-1, with Matildas stars Holly McNamara and Leticia McKenna scored the goals to help the side achieve a premiership-championship double.
McNamara was named player of the match after scoring two goals.
She says it is special to see this result playing in her first grand final.
"It was my first grand final. Obviously, watching the last one was kinda heartbreaking. I remember shedding a few tears after that loss because you kind of feel helpless. So I think I just wanted to put my best foot forward today in probably one of our biggest games of the year. And yeah, just so happy that we won. Yeah, definitely. I think there was a bit of pressure to score. Probably a lot of it was internal, knowing that I haven't scored for a few games. So yeah, no, I was just super happy to get that in the back of the net."
