Pope Leo meets Palestinian president, calls for two-state solution
The Vatican recognized Palestine a decade ago, and Pope Leo has backed statehood, even if that looks increasingly unlikely.
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The Vatican recognized Palestine a decade ago, and Pope Leo has backed statehood, even if that looks increasingly unlikely.
Just over two years after the deadly Hamas terrorist attack on the Nova Music Festival in Israel, a traveling tribute to the victims and survivors has arrived in Chicago.
Israel received the remains of two more deceased hostages.
The IDF has since declared a ceasefire back in effect after Israel’s prime minister ordered immediate and “powerful” strikes.
The order from Netanyahu follows heightened tensions after Hamas returned a set of remains that Israel said belonged to a hostage recovered earlier in the war.
Israel accused Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire deal and staging the discovery of a deceased hostage. Airstrikes killed at least nine people.
A large crowd welcomed Evyatar David home as he was finally discharged from the hospital.
The vice president met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the families of the hostages during his visit.
Vice President JD Vance is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding Monday morning, despite weekend conflict and airstrikes, and aid deliveries are restarting as well.
An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.
Since the Gaza peace plan took effect early this week, Hamas has handed over 20 living hostages and the confirmed remains of 12 hostages.
CBS News Chicago first reported on the "Holding Hope" display on Oct. 7, 2024, one year after the Hamas attack on Israel in which the hostages were taken.
After Hamas freed all the living Israeli hostages who were captured on Oct 7, 2023, the Jewish Community Center in Northbrook, Illinois is making changes to a display keeping the hostages in their hearts — and winding it down.
Anger is growing over how long it is taking Hamas to turn over the bodies of the hostages.
President Trump says some of the immediate next steps will be rebuilding Gaza, but it's unclear how soon that will happen or what that could look like. And then there is the concern of returning the bodies of all of the deceased Israeli hostages.
While leaders still must address the big issues of disarming Hamas and governance of Gaza, President Trump has outlined his vision of immediate next steps. Natalie Brand reports.
Red Cross vehicles waited for Israel to grant them entry Monday. The convoy included empty aid trucks, and two refrigerated trucks to transfer the bodies of Palestinians from Israel to Gaza. Bradley Blackburn reports.
With the first phase of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas in place, aid trucks are now traveling into Gaza, loaded with food and other supplies to address the situation in Gaza that aid workers have described as a famine.
President Trump got a standing ovation after addressing Israeli lawmakers following Hamas' release of all living hostages under the Gaza peace deal.
The 20 remaining living Isareli hostages were released by Hamas and reunited with family after more than two years in captivity.
Hamas has released all 20 of the remaining living hostages who have been held in Gaza since October 7, 2023, as a ceasefire agreement fully took hold Monday.
President Trump told Israeli lawmakers Monday that the "cruelty" of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks "struck to the core of humanity itself."
The return of the last living hostages is part of Israel and Hamas' peace deal. Bradley Blackburn reports.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has brought cautious calm to the region as aid begins to flow into the Gaza Strip.
