Six Chicago area synagogues donating ambulance to Israel
Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency medical service partnered with the Red Cross, said contributions like this can be the difference between life and death.
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Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency medical service partnered with the Red Cross, said contributions like this can be the difference between life and death.
No humanitarian aid yet, but more Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as anger spreads across the region over a hospital blast the U.S. and Israel blame on Palestinian militants.
Doctors at the second-largest hospital are using cellphones and flashlights to illuminate procedures, as fuel shortage prompts energy conversation.
President Biden is asking Congress for $100 billion in supplemental funding, including aid for Israel and Ukraine.
President Biden visited Israel in a show of support following the Hamas terror attacks, but a meeting with Arab leaders was canceled following the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital.
President Biden is traveling to Israel to show support for a key U.S. ally as Israel and Hamas trade accusations over a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital.
One of Hamas' top commanders has been killed by an Israeli airstrike, according to the Hamas military. Ayman Nofal is the highest-level Hamas militant to die in the war so far.
Aid workers say conditions in Gaza have deteriorated into "complete catastrophe," as thousands of Palestinians try to flee south as Israel prepares for a land invasion. Uncertainty looms about whether a ceasefire will be put into place to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. Meanwhile, the combined death toll in the war between Israel and Hamas has topped 4,000.
As war between Israel and Hamas continues, President Biden said he does not believe the two-state solution is dead.
Mayor Brandon Johnson cleared the public out of the CIty Council gallery after shouting protesters repeatedly interrupted aldermen, and ignored his pleas for decorum.
If you want to help out, donations are being accepted at the Chabad Israeli Center from Sunday through Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The Israeli military told the U.N. that the entire population north of the Wadi Gaza wetlands should "relocate to southern Gaza within the next 24 hours."
CBS news correspondent Ian Lee reports the U.S. State Department said it would be chartering flights beginning Friday.
Relatives said President Joe Biden reassured the family of his commitment to rescuing the hostages taken by Hamas.
"I know many students are scared; are trying to decide whether or not they should not even go to school, or leave their homes," said Hailey Stern, with the non-profit Israel education organization Stand With Us.
Emilee Rauschenberger was visiting her husband's family when the war broke out.
More than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, including 27 Americans, and over 1,500 have been killed in Gaza, according to officials.
The death toll from Hamas' surprise attack on Israel stands at 900, while Palestinian officials say retaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed over 700.
Israel says it's "taking more time" than expected to fend off an unprecedented attack by Hamas, as it locks down Gaza and more rockets fly from the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog said he is under the impression that Americans are among those taken hostage by Hamas militants.
Israel's national emergency services agency says at least 1,500 more have been wounded in the Hamas military incursion.
