On Saturday October 7, Hamas launched a major attack on Israeli territory, marking one of the most brutal attacks in history. The Supernova music festival became one of the initial targets for Palestinian gunmen, where thousands of people witnessed a massacre. Disturbing videos circulated on social media shows the assailants descending upon the event through paragliders, while others arrived by road, causing terrified partygoers to run for their lives. Hamas fighters claimed the lives of 260 individuals and seized a number of hostages whom they transported back to Gaza. The event took place in a dusty field located just outside the Re'im kibbutz, approximately 5.3 kilometers from the barrier separating Gaza and southern Israel. In response to attacks from Hamas, Israel imposed a "complete siege" on Gaza and pledged to retaliate with a level of force "unprecedented" in its history. Israel implemented a complete blockade, leaving the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza without essential necessities, including food, electricity, medicine, water, and gas. Sky News Digital Originals explores how Hamas was able to execute one of the worst civilian massacres in Israeli history. Warning: Video contains distressing content.

The organiser of a ‘Make America Hot Again’ event in New York has slammed the Democrat Party and argued there is a "cultural shift" occurring in America. Raquel Debono, 28, co-hosted the ‘MAHA’ event for conservatives in New York City at the start of the month. Ms Debono said people living in liberal areas are no longer afraid to declare that they intend on voting for Republican candidate Donald Trump. “Four years ago people thought you were crazy for voting for Trump. People thought you’re ending democracy. Well actually, which party is ending democracy?” Ms Debono said. “I definitely see a shift coming, and a lot of people who normally wouldn’t be so vocal about politics are coming out."

New research released on Wednesday has revealed the majority of family members are concerned about the mental well-being of young people. Recent findings from Headspace's inaugural National Family Mental Health Survey found that eight in 10 family members or mainly parents are concerned about the mental health of young people and their families. Headspace Chief Executive Jason Trethowan said the fact that just less than half of families are actually having weekly chats with young people about mental health is positive. “If you drill down a little bit further, the more concerned the parents are, the more complex and difficult they find the discussions. And then some of them find it really difficult to know what to do about seeking help and where to go,” Mr Trethowan told Sky News Australia. If you or anyone you know needs help: Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800

DPG Advisory Founder and Director David Gazard discusses how the conflict in the Middle East is driving domestic politics. “The unfolding problem in the Labor Party where there are domestic political concerns, if they're not driving the Labor Party, they are certainly part of the calculation,” Mr Gazard told Sky News Australia. “Seats in Western Sydney and in parts of Melbourne where there is high Muslim immigration and there’s been high settlement ... from my point of view, this is where the Labor Party finds itself sort to trying to straddle a fence and not really appealing to anyone. “In a lot of ways, Labor is locked in a bid to win Green preferences and not lose Muslim voters … but kind of alienating everybody else.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused the Coalition of “wanting to sell off” the National Broadband Network during Question Time on Wednesday. It comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday promised to keep the NBN publicly owned to ensure high-speed broadband remains affordable for all Australians. “We have introduced legislation into the House today that safeguards the future of the NBN, making sure it can’t be privatised, sold off or hollowed out, because there has never been a public service or asset that the Liberal Party didn’t want to carve up and sell off,” Mr Albanese said. “That is what they do.”

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the situation regarding Gaza visas has remained unchanged with some cancellations “have occurred and may well occur offshore”. “That does not change the fact that the security agencies never stopped collecting information,” Mr Burke said during Question Time on Wednesday. “As has happened no matter who is in government and we continue to conduct various checks on people who have visas whether they are onshore or offshore.”

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has boasted about Labor’s “responsible economic management” while also taking aim at the Opposition during Question Time. “Responsible economic management is a defining feature of the Albanese Labor government,” Mr Chalmers said. “We’ve turned their two huge Liberal deficits into two substantial Labor surpluses. We’ve done this while providing cost of living relief, not instead of providing cost of living relief to people who need it because we know people are doing it tough. “That’s what responsible economic management looks like; it would be unrecognisable to those opposite, and that’s why they don’t ask me any questions about it.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor will continue to address Australia’s cost of living crisis with relief. “We’ll continue to address cost of living relief,” Mr Albanese said during Question Time on Wednesday. “Whether it be energy, whether it be the medicine price relief.”

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume slams Labor’s “political stunt” with the party set to introduce new laws to prevent the National Broadband Network (NBN) falling into private ownership. “They’ve brought the legislation on for debate before briefing the shadow ministers,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “That’s unheard of. “That is a political stunt.”

CommSec’s Ryan Felsman says the ASX 200 is expected to kick off with a “fairly muted start” to trading this morning. “SPI futures indicating that the ASX 200 index will lift by 12 points or 0.1 per cent,” he told Sky News Australia. “That’s on the back of falling commodity prices after China’s stimulus ... disappointed investors.” Presented by CommSec.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has been grilled on the record-high number of illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. She sat down for a rare interview with US program 60 Minutes and blamed Republicans for the crisis. 60 Minutes put forward to Ms Harris about how the migration numbers have quadrupled under the Biden administration, with about eight million people having crossed over the border. “We have cut the flow of illegal immigration by half ... we need Congress to be able to act to actually fix a problem,” Ms Harris told 60 Minutes.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised for an “unkind and hurtful” remark he made in Question Time in which he asked a member of the Liberal Party if he had Tourette’s syndrome. On Tuesday afternoon during Question Time, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor asked the Prime Minister if his government would rule out any changes to the tax treatment of the owner-occupied family home and to negative gearing. During a back and forth between the pair, Mr Taylor repeatedly called out to the Prime Minister to “rule it out”. During his response, Mr Albanese asked the Shadow Treasurer if he had “got Tourette’s or something? You know, you just sit there, babble, babble, babble”. Mr Albanese immediately withdrew the comment, but he returned to the House of Representatives late at night to express his regret.

Locals in Florida are preparing for Hurricane Milton, which has been downgraded to a Category 4 storm. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said it is ready to support the US state, which is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. “It could be one of the worst storms in 100 years in Florida,” US President Joe Biden said. “I spoke to all the political leaders in the region – some of them more than once – and I’ve told them anything they ask for, they can get.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has provided an update on Hurricane Milton, which has been downgraded to a Category 4 storm. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said it is ready to support the US state, which is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. “Almost every place on the West Coast of Florida could get major storm surge,” Mr DeSantis said at a media conference.

Sky News host Liz Storer says the government is “outsourcing the censorship” with its mis and disinformation bill. The Coalition will oppose Labor’s misinformation bill over concerns it could limit free speech. “Saying we will make you liable for what other people say on your platform,” Ms Storer said. “Which I just think is utter nonsense.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond discusses how Google’s ‘NotebookLM’ AI recently had an existential crisis. “It has often been asked what happens when artificial intelligence manages to outsmart us, will it be the end of humanity,” Mr Bond said. “Google recently launched a service … which allows you to feed an article into it and then it generates a podcast of two people talking to each other about the article.”

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the campaign of former US president Donald Trump is “looking good”. “The betting markets went bananas last night and Trump is now a clear favourite,” Mr Farage told Sky News host Paul Murray. “Got get em Donald.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has mocked Kamala Harris after she repeated "32 days" multiple times when her teleprompter malfunctioned.

Sky News host Caleb Bond examines the “egregious” mis and disinformation bill which the Albanese government is currently trying to push. The Coalition will oppose Labor’s misinformation bill over concerns it could limit free speech. “Essentially, they set up a Ministry of Truth that says this is misinformation or this is disinformation – it should be banned from social media,” Mr Bond said. “You can see where it all ends up.”

Sky News host Andrew Bolt takes aim at Australia’s immigration intake – calling it a “joke”. Mr Bolt warns the public has been “conned” by politicians. “Let’s not forget government after government told us high immigration is good for us,” he said. Joining Mr Bolt to discuss this topic is Nationals Senator Matt Canavan.