Australian humanitarian workers – Surya McEwen, Abubakir Rafiq, Hamish Paterson, Juliet Lamont, Bianca Webb-Pullman, and Cameron Tribe – remain in Israeli detention following their illegal abduction in international waters, where they have been subjected to systematic abuse and denied fundamental human rights.

Investigators are appealing for public assistance as investigations continue into an attempted abduction in Tweed Heads at the weekend.

Around 30 women identifying as Israeli marched in Byron’s CBD and Main Beach on Sunday to highlight what they say is a ‘disturbing and harmful silence’ by the United Nations and others after the October 7 attacks on Israel.

A woman was dragged into a car and abducted after trying to intervene in a domestic dispute at Ballina yesterday.

Mystery surrounds the alleged abduction and threats towards a man in Mullumbimby earlier this month, with police saying they have no records of such an incident despite a vivid report from a local resident.

Police have released an EFIT image of a man who may be able to assist with inquiries after a teenage girl was forced into a car in Coffs Harbour last week.