Trump's GOP opponents bristle at his response to Hamas' assault on Israel
Days after Hamas attacked Israel, former President Trump said Hezbollah was "very smart" and criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Days after Hamas attacked Israel, former President Trump said Hezbollah was "very smart" and criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The U.S. Department of State announced a plan to fly Americans out of Israel starting Friday.
Organizers of Pro-Palestinian rallies are calling Thursday a national day of resistance.
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.
As of Thursday afternoon, Israel's military said Hamas' attack killed more than 1,200 people, including at least 27 Americans, and left some 2,800 people wounded. At least 1,417 people, including 447 children, have been killed in Gaza by Israel's retaliatory strikes, the Gaza Ministry of Health said, adding that more than 6,200 others were wounded.
The social platform, formerly known as Twitter, said it has removed Hamas-affiliated accounts and flagged thousands more.
The Gaza Strip has been pounded by relentless airstrikes since Hamas militants launched a full-scale assault on southern Israel.
At every turn, there was no escaping the intense rocket fire in Israel for Brad Waldow's family. After exhausting his options with the U.S. Embassy and airlines, Waldow turned to outside help.
Seventeen Americans remain unaccounted for, with the numbers expected to increase, said John Kirby, a National Security Council spokesperson.
"The depravity of it is haunting," an Israeli military official told CBS News of the scene in Kfar Aza, where an emergency responder says even babies were beheaded.
The death toll from Hamas' surprise attack on Israel stands at 900, while Palestinian officials say retaliatory strikes on Gaza have killed over 700.
On Tuesday, Pres. Biden condemned the Hamas militant group's bloody attacks on Israel that took place over the weekend, calling them an "act of sheer evil" and forcefully declaring that "we stand with Israel." He went on to say the people of Israel experienced "pure, unadulterated evil" at the "bloody hands" of Hamas, which has long been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.
Fighting has broken out between Israel and Hamas, pushing up global oil prices amid fears the conflict could escalate.
Here in Sacramento, some with ties to the israeli-Palestinian conflict are watching closely as fighting unfolds halfway around the world.
More than 1,500 people have been killed since the Hamas militant group launched a surprise assault on Israel from Gaza early Saturday, leading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare "we are at war." At least 11 U.S. citizens are among the dead, the White House confirmed Monday, while an unknown number of Americans remain missing.
People in Sacramento on both sides of the fighting are watching what is happening in Israel closely. The Chabad of Sacramento congregation came together for a service at their temple as fighting erupted in Israel.
Israel says it's "taking more time" than expected to fend off an unprecedented attack by Hamas, as it locks down Gaza and more rockets fly from the Palestinian enclave.
Pro basketball player Brad Waldow, a Shingle Springs native, claims to have exhausted nearly every possible way of getting out of the country.
Defense Secretary Austin said Sunday that he has ordered American military ships to move closer to Israel after Hamas' unprecedented attack.
On Sunday afternoon, Palestinian supporters were locked in a raucous counterprotest with Israeli loyalists in downtown San Francisco. Earlier in the day, members of the Jewish community met at a synagogue where city leaders, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, condemned the murder and kidnapping of hundreds of Israeli men, women and children in Saturday's surprise attack.
Families in Israel and Palestine are looking for missing family members after fighting broke out following Hamas' attack on Israel.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog said he is under the impression that Americans are among those taken hostage by Hamas militants.
President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "pledged his full support" to the Israeli government, the White House said.
Israel is reeling from a series of surprise attacks by the militant Palestinian organization Hamas and reaction in the Bay Area was swift.
A Sacramento man says he is worried for the safety of his daughter and her unborn child after she escaped the city of Tel Aviv
