Australia's prime minister has accused his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of being "in denial" over the consequences of the war in Gaza.Anthony Albanese on Monday announced his country would recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September,

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, calling for peace and aid deliveries in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where a humanitarian crisis of man-made starvation has been worsening as a result of Israel’s punishing blockade.

During his call with Netanyahu, Albanese said the Israeli PM continues to believe that more military action in Gaza will "somehow produce a different outcome."