Israel's renewed attack on Hamas intensifies and expands following collapse of truce
The U.S. is stepping up its pressure on Israel to do more to protect civilians.
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The U.S. is stepping up its pressure on Israel to do more to protect civilians.
Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip, intensifying a renewed offensive after a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
Hamas says at least 60 people killed as Israel resumes military operations in Gaza after accusing the Palestinian group of violating a cease-fire that lasted 7 days.
Israeli airstrikes pummeled Gaza Friday following a week-long cease-fire with Hamas. Both sides accuse each other of breaking the terms of the truce. CBS News Correspondent Bradley Blackburn reports. READ MORE: https://cbsloc.al/3R2XOHv
Six more hostages were released late Thursday, following two released earlier in the day, Israel said, as a short-term truce deal between Israel and Hamas neared its one-week mark.
CBS Philadelphia hears from the father of Liat Beinin as more hostages have been released as the cease-fire extends into the seventh day.
White flags have been underneath a tree in Clark Park since Oct. 28.
Hamas has freed about 100 hostages since the temporary cease-fire took effect and, despite ongoing violence outside Gaza, the truce was extended for at least 1 more day.
The family's stepmother is safe after she was held hostage by Hamas for close to two months.
Amichai Shdaimah's stepmother Diza Heiman was part of the fifth group of hostages released by Hamas on Tuesday.
An American mother of three was among the latest group of hostages released by Hamas on Wednesday, President Biden said.
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the IDF was "examining the reliability of the information."
Over the next two weeks, the documentary "Israelism" is scheduled for screenings at about a dozen colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
UPenn is now the second school to attempt to cancel one of the student-led screening events for "Israelism."
Twelve more hostages who were held in Gaza were released on Tuesday, according to the Red Cross and the IDF, as a temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas continued into a fifth day.
The family of a boy taken hostage after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel celebrated his release while waiting on word about the boy’s father.
Hamas released 84-year-old Ditza Heiman and 12-year-old Eitan Yahalomi as part of the arrangement for two extra days of cease-fire in the war.
Hamas released 84-year-old Ditza Heiman and nine other hostages Tuesday as part of the arrangement for two extra days of cease-fire in the war.
Penn President Liz Magill is expected to testify in a Congressional antisemitism hearing in December.
The university believes the current political climate is not fit for this conversation. Self-proclaimed progressive Jewish students at UPenn are fighting to screen the film on campus.
A progressive Jewish student group at UPenn says they've had this documentary screening planned since July.
Hamas released 11 hostages on Monday, officials said, a few hours after Qatar announced a deal to extend a short-term cease-fire in the Gaza Strip for two more days.
Seventeen hostages were released — 14 Israeli citizens, which includes Abigail, who is a joint Israeli-American citizen, and three foreign nationals, Israeli officials said.
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.
