Israel says second hostage found dead near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital
"The national task before our eyes is to locate the missing and return the abducted persons home," the IDF said in a statement Friday.
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"The national task before our eyes is to locate the missing and return the abducted persons home," the IDF said in a statement Friday.
"Aluminum foil is kept around the babies to protect them from the cold weather," says the director general of Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
More than 100 people were arrested Monday morning during a protest at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago, where hundreds of Jews from across the Midwest gathered to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
MedGlobal said communication with roughly a half dozen staffers at hospitals in northern Gaza has been cut off for nearly 48 hours.
With Israel's military operations in Gaza showing no signs of slowing down, the Palestinian Health Ministry says the health care system in Gaza is on the brink of collapse.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted there could be a deal in the works to release hostages being held by Hamas terrorists. Meantime, Hamas said they've stopped negotiating over Israel's handling of Gaza's largest hospital.
The U.S. is assisting with the complicated hostage diplomacy, and this week President Biden's top Mideast adviser Brett McGurk is heading to Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar with other stops possible.
Normal tactics of warfare change in the environment that the terrorist group has dug beneath the Gaza Strip. CBS News looks at the difficulties military forces face, and the technologies being developed (including autonomous robots), to take on an enemy underground.
A cease-fire would be possible only if the more than 200 hostages held by militants in Gaza are released, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address.
Ruba Almaghtheh, 34, was formally charged Tuesday with intimidation, criminal recklessness and institutional criminal mischief, all felonies.
The move essentially splits the territory in half. The IDF said soldiers could enter Gaza City soon. The Gaza Health Ministry said more than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas attacked on October 7.
The U.S. is pushing for a humanitarian pause in Gaza, as pressure from the international community increases, but Israel's prime minister says he won't budge until all of the hostages held by Hamas are released.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also reiterated Washington's long-standing support for the eventual recognition of a Palestinian state.
"The hot shower. Finally having electricity, having lights, water. In Gaza, we had none of those this."
"It's a very big mix of emotions, and really everything seems surreal at the moment," Emilee Rauschenberger said.
The president is under growing pressure from those who say Israel's bombardment of Gaza is collective punishment.
Foreign nationals continued to cross over the Rafah border crossing into Egypt for the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
"We've always been upbeat, but the odds start working against you, the longer that you're there."
Mohammed Abu Realh said his brothers-in-law, their wives, and their children were killed in Israeli airstrikes.
The Israeli military said Monday it had struck more than 600 targets in Gaza over the previous 24 hours as it stepped up its bombardments.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation that Israel has opened a "new phase" in the war by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea.
Israel Defense Forces said they've killed Hamas militants and destroyed some of their tunnels and command centers. CBS News correspondent Tina Kraus reports from Tel Aviv.
Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, says she "went through hell" being taken hostage by Hamas, but after 2 weeks in captivity, she shook one of the militants' hands.
Two more hostages taken by Hamas during the deadly Oct. 7 attack, identified by Israeli officials as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, have been released.
Deadly, ongoing Israeli airstrikes are fueling anger across the region and fear for 222 Hamas hostages in Gaza as the U.S. tries to delay an invasion.
