netanyahu that fighting against hamas in rafah will not stop, but mr netanyahu reportedly called the move unacceptable . he is under strong pressure from far right members of his coalition government to reject any pauses in the conflict until hamas is totally defeated. in a sign of further tension between the israeli army and those far right parties, the army s chief of staff said sunday there is a clear need to conscript ultra orthodox jewish israelis, who are currently exempt from military service. that s a change mr netanyahu s coalition partners firmly oppose. sunday marks the festival of eid al adha, one of islam s holiest days. there was a notable lull in fighting, with gaza s hamas run civil defence agency telling the afp news agency that, quote, calm has prevailed across all of gaza . lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. the festival after eid al adha, marking another milestone
largest trading partner and this is why. look at the figures, 2 way trade grew over 9% to over $300 million. i spoke with former australian ambassador to china geoff raby who explained the significance of this visit. the significance of the visit is that not only is it the first since 2017, but it marks the resumption of the annual reciprocal high level visit exchanges. these started in the 1980s and continued until 2017 and they are resuming again. to the comments by philjust then, relations have normalised and that s what china is looking for. beyond that, in terms of geopolitics, does it weigh on relations given the fact that australia is a strong ally of the united states but depends on china for trade? how do you reckon going forward that australia manages to balance these out? absolutely. it s a critical issue, it s interesting to note that since the seven years since the last high profile visit from a chinese leader to australia, china has gone from 16% to 75% of 60