Live: NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon set for launch in coming hours
By Audrey Courty, Andrew Thorpe, and Jacinta Bowler

Four astronauts are on board the Orion capsule atop NASA's next-generation SLS rocket as humanity prepares to return to the Moon for the first time since 1972. Follow live.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/artemis-ii-launch-abc-live-blog-moon-mission/106513102

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Live: NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon set for launch in coming hours

Four astronauts are on board the Orion capsule atop NASA's next-generation SLS rocket as humanity prepares to return to the moon for the first time since 1972. Follow live.

"Whatever Hamas's reason for launching its terror attack now, it's clear that the scale and coordinated nature of the attack caught Israel's military and intelligence services by surprise."

#AndrewThorpe

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/hamas-gaza-explainer-israel-palestinian-conflict/102949832

Does anyone else find it hard to swallow the idea that Israel could be taken by surprise by a known aggressor, operating out of a territory that they've kept under military blockade for 16 years? One the one of the most intensively surveiled territories in the world?

What is Hamas, how does it control the Gaza Strip and why has Israel declared war?

Officially considered a terrorist group by the Australian government, Hamas has controlled Gaza since it ousted Fatah forces during a brief civil war in 2007.

ABC News