Allyson Horn
Allyson is the ABC's Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem. She is a multimedia broadcast journalist, with more than a decade's experience working for ABC News across radio, TV and online. Allyson was formerly the Queensland state political reporter in Brisbane, and has also worked regionally across the Hunter Valley, Alice Springs and Townsville. Allyson has won several media awards including best Queensland Regional Broadcast Journalist, Northern Territory News Breaker of the Year and an Australian Sports Commission Award.
Latest by Allyson Horn
Israel plans to invade the Gaza 'safe zone'. These Palestinians are fleeing war again
As Israel prepares for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, its 1.5 million civilians are weighing up whether to stay or go. For the el Zeik family, this will be the 11th time in this war that they have fled in fear for their lives.
Israel is warning Palestinians in Rafah to move, but where are they supposed to go?
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his military will launch a ground offensive into Rafah, but that is the city one million Palestinians have moved towards in search of safety. So, what happens to them now?
How the daily struggle for this Palestinian family to stay alive falls on 12-year-old Hiba
Hiba used to live in a modern apartment building in southern Gaza, spending her days at school or playing with friends. Now, every day is a fight to survive to the next.
Penny Wong pushes for Gaza ceasefire and two-state solution in first official trip to West Bank
After holding talks with Israeli powerbrokers, the foreign minister calls for peace in meetings with Palestinian officials.
Australia cautions Israel over humanitarian concerns, announces $21.5m in support for Gaza
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the funding will help provide emergency care and shelter in Gaza, while supporting refugee programs in Lebanon and Jordan.
Fears for conflict escalation as Hamas deputy leader killed in Lebanon in alleged Israeli air strike
There are fears an air strike that killed the deputy head of Hamas in Beirut could draw the Lebanese-based Hezbollah militant group into a more serious escalation of its conflict with Israel.
32-year-old Australian man serving with Israeli army killed inside Gaza
Captain Lior Sivan has become the first Australian to be killed while fighting for Israel against Hamas inside Gaza.
Inside Gaza's overwhelmed hospital system, doctors have coined a new term for wounded children arriving alone
Inside Gaza's overwhelmed hospital system, an influx of injured children arriving alone without any family has prompted doctors to coin a new term: Wounded Child, No Surviving Family.
In Jenin, men patrol the streets and residents say the meaning of life has changed since Hamas's attack
Since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, Jenin in the occupied West Bank has been the major focus of continuous Israeli raids. An Israeli official says they're working to prevent a third front from opening up but a local resident says his neighbours and militants in the camp are angry.
As a paramedic in Gaza, Yasser has seen the worst of the worst. But one face haunts him
Every day could be Yasser's last. But he doesn't have time to think about that. Everywhere he goes, desperate people need him. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing.
Seconds before Hamas murdered her, Galit called her daughter to deliver a final message
Nicole's mother Galit was the only Australian to be killed by Hamas on October 7. Now she has returned to the kibbutz where she was murdered. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing.
Analysis
analysis:'The real problem is the guy who's our leader': Israelis are furious with PM Benjamin Netanyahu
For months Israel has been on the brink of a civil war, spurred by the government's plans to drastically change parts of Israeli life and society. And at the heart of it has been one man — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, writes Allyson Horn.
Sewing needles, dishwashing liquid and kids on the floor: The unthinkable horrors of Gaza's hospitals
In Gaza's busiest hospital, doctors do what they can to treat a tidal wave of desperate patients injured in Israeli air strikes. WARNING: Some readers might find the details and images in this story distressing.
Rahaf is far from Gaza, but that doesn't mean she's safe. Two weeks ago, she was shot in the back
Life has always been fraught in the West Bank, but since the Hamas attack on Israel, some Palestinians in the volatile region say they're fearing for their lives.
Second aid convoy crosses into Gaza as death toll there passes 4,600 — as it happened
Israeli missiles reportedly strike the two main airports in Syria, as the US says it is sending more air defences to the Middle East.
'You were always full of love': Australian woman murdered by Hamas farewelled
The only Australian to be killed in the October 7 terrorist attack, Galit Carbone, is farewelled at a funeral north of Tel Aviv.
The Moroccan town wiped off the map in one day
Last week's earthquake destroyed every building in the remote village of Tikekht. Now anger is building as recovery efforts stall and newly orphaned children pick through the rubble with nowhere else to go.
'I don't have the words to describe it': Devastated families count cost of Morocco's quake
Mustafa Chiahad's son was buried beneath the rubble of his parents' home in Talat N'Yaaqoub. The town, near the epicentre of Morocco's earthquake, has turned in to ground zero for destruction.
Israel to bankroll PNG embassy in the contested city of Jerusalem, PM says
Israel will pay for Papua New Guinea to operate the embassy it opened in the contested city of Jerusalem, according to PNG's Prime Minister.
Khadidja lost her husband and her home. Now she's stuck inside one of the worst humanitarian disasters on Earth
Khadidja is one of thousands of refugees who fled Sudan after a bloody civil war broke out between the army and a paramilitary group. Now she’s stuck inside one of the worst humanitarian crises on earth.
This Australian man's home is illegal under international law. But he won't move
Israel is rapidly expanding settlements in the West Bank, in a move that goes against international law and which activists say is designed to permanently establish Jewish Israelis on land that Palestinians want as a future state.
Israel's wild 24 hours explained: Heart surgery, a controversial vote and a country on the brink
Defying threats from protesters and a plea from the United States, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has forged ahead with a bill that could push his nation towards a constitutional crisis. Here's how it all unfolded.
This ship is like a ticking time bomb floating on the Red Sea. Now begins a daring mission to stop it
For eight years, a rusted tanker carrying more than 1 million barrels of oil has sat neglected in the Red Sea, threatening to cause the world's worst oil-spill disaster. After years of planning, a daring salvage operation is now underway.
Israel launched a huge raid on a Palestinian refugee camp. Here's why it could change everything
Israeli forces have concluded their largest-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in decades. But many say this raid could be the beginning of a major escalation.
Baruch is so desperate to be a grandparent, he is fighting for a child to be born with 'planned orphanhood'
Baruch's only son was suddenly killed in military action. Now he's fighting for permission to use his son's sperm to create a grandchild.