Morning Mail: AFP assesses Gaza war crimes allegation, median wealth falls, Socceroos aim to make history

The brief

Morning everyone. Australian federal police have been handed a 61-page brief detailing alleged war crimes committed by an IDF battalion in Gaza across 2023 and 2024 – one of whose members was an Australian citizen. It comes as a poll reveals Australians have an increasingly negative view of Israel. We also report on how middle Australia is going backwards while the rich get richer, large parts of the US face a ferocious heatwave over the 4 July weekend, and the impossible dilemma of the Egyptian diaspora as the Socceroos try to make history. Australia ‘Win-win’ | The nation’s 45,000 strong Egyptian-Australian diaspora faces an agonising predicament when the two teams…