Northwestern University student shares families experience in Gaza amid Israel/Hamas war
Yasmeen Elagha spoke with CBS 2 detailing what her family members living in Gaza are experiencing and says the situation is not something new.
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Yasmeen Elagha spoke with CBS 2 detailing what her family members living in Gaza are experiencing and says the situation is not something new.
Hundreds gathered, many calling for a ceasefire. Demonstrators planned to march along Michigan Avenue.
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.
Religious leaders sent a message of positivity, asking people to complete acts of kindness and service in the days after darkness and death in Israel and Gaza.
In the Northwest suburbs, hundreds of people gathered for a prayer vigil on Monday for Jews held captive by Hamas, including a mother and daughter from Evanston believed to be held hostage. CBS's Charlie De Mar reported from Wheeling.
President Biden will head to Israel this week, in a show of U.S. support for the country and its people.
CBS 2's Ian Lee has more on the devastation hitting the most innocent involved.
Prosecutors said Joseph Czuba, 71, wanted the victims to move out of the home they rented from him, and believed he and his wife "were in danger," because he feared the woman he stabbed "was going to call over her Palestinian friends or family to harm them."
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.
According to the Will County Sheriff's Office, the two victims were targeted because they are Muslim and because of the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and Israel.
As war between Israel and Hamas continues, President Biden said he does not believe the two-state solution is dead.
Organizers say they had 5,000 people show up for a rally on Wednesday and expected double that number on Saturday.
Organizers say they had 5,000 people show up for a rally on Wednesday and expected double that number on Saturday.
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."
"Could never imagine that she could be placed, in that kind of situation. We fear for her. We pray for her. We hope she is together with her mom."
The mother and daughter from the North Shore are believed to be hostages. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar was the first to report on this and has new information on the situation.
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.
Emilee Rauschenberger was visiting her husband's family when the war broke out.
A sniper in a highly specialized paratrooper unit, "Jacob" wrote his family a letter in the days since the Israel-Hamas war began, explaining why he's fighting.
