Hassan Nasrallah rarely leaves his bunker in Beirut, let alone Lebanon. The visit, which reportedly took place in late 2021, included meetings with senior IRGC officials and focused on a potential Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

With 1,400 Israelis having died of the coronavirus in the Omicron wave, the last thing the government should do is rush to remove restrictions on public life.

Canberra outlawed the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, several years ago, now extending the directive to Gaza's rulers as a whole. Australia blacklisted Hezbollah in late 2021.

An initial review by the Justice Ministry's task force has so far found that the police did not abuse wiretapping privileges; reported scope of alleged phone hacking unfounded.

Tzvia Rotenberg, who is now principal of a prestigious girls' school in Jerusalem, is accused by former students, who were underage at the time of the alleged abuse.