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US-Israel strikes on Iran: Australia rules out military involvement

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 2 Mar 2026, 5:28pm
The lit-up Dome of the Rock Shrine in the Aqsa Mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem is pictured at night. Australia has 115,000 nationals stuck in the Middle East, including in Israel. Photo / Hazem Bader, AFP
The lit-up Dome of the Rock Shrine in the Aqsa Mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem is pictured at night. Australia has 115,000 nationals stuck in the Middle East, including in Israel. Photo / Hazem Bader, AFP

US-Israel strikes on Iran: Australia rules out military involvement

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 2 Mar 2026, 5:28pm

The Australian Government has ruled out getting the military involved in the conflict unleashed by United States-Israeli strikes on Iran.

It's been confirmed Australia has 115,000 nationals in the Middle East who are unable to fly out because of airspace closures as a result of the attacks. 

Australian correspondent Sam Emery says Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in discussions with airlines, but the Government's hoping commercial flights would resume to help people leave. 

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