U.S. official says cease-fire in Gaza and hostage release deal are close
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it.
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A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it.
The United States has vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
Health officials say five patients died after their oxygen ran out in southern Gaza's main hospital that was stormed by Israeli troops.
When the Iranian hostage crisis ended on Jan. 20, 1981, the story for hostages and their families was just beginning.
Propaganda videos released by Hamas show Israeli hostage Noa Argamani saying that 2 other captives were killed by IDF strikes in Gaza.
Dr. Itai Pessach describes to CBS News' Lesley Stahl the harrowing physical and psychological abuses he says Hamas perpetrated upon its captives, from branding to rape, as well as the traumas that people on both sides of the war are experiencing.
With Israel and Hamas extending their truce to facilitate more hostage and prisoner releases, there's joy for dozens of families – and calls for a longer cease-fire.
Hamas is expected to release more hostages, and Israel more Palestinian prisoners, under a cease-fire that has been extended 2 days, Qatar announced.
Following a lengthy delay, a second group of Hamas-held hostages were freed following the release of an initial group of 24 hostages on Friday.
Emily Hand, 9, was released with the second batch of hostages to Israel on Saturday after 50 days of captivity in Gaza.
Qatari and Egyptian mediators say Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis and seven foreigners on Saturday in exchange for 39 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
Under the agreement reached in Qatar, Hamas is incentivized to release captives that Israel accuses it of seizing during its rampage across southern Israel.
The Israeli government said early Wednesday that it had approved a deal that would see 50 hostages held in Gaza released and a 4-day cease-fire observed.
At this stage, there is no firm deal in hand but rather a written draft agreement that is being passed between parties.
Thomas Hand's daughter, initially thought dead, is now believed to be among dozens of children kidnapped by Hamas. A month later, he's surviving on "pure hope."
Hamas released a video showing 3 hostages, with one woman lambasting Israel's leader for failing to protect them or secure their release.
German-Israeli Shani Louk, 22, was among those killed by Hamas militants after they stormed a trance music festival on Oct. 7, her family has learned.
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.
The incidents come just weeks after a presidential candidate with a tough stance on organized crime and corruption was assassinated after a rally.
At least four people are being held hostage in a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, a law enforcement source confirmed to CBS News. The FBI's crisis negotiating team has made contact with the suspect and established communication.
The Hialeah Police Department reports the man who held a child hostage and shot multiple people Saturday night is dead.
Police in a Central Florida city responded to a possible hostage situation at a bank on Wednesday.
A police officer who first responded to a hostage situation in Central Florida is fighting for his life.
Two people were killed and about a dozen wounded in a shooting and hostage-taking in a supermarket in southern France.
Details are slowly beginning to come out following Friday's horrific events at a California veterans center.
