Hamas says Gaza toll over 30,000 as Israel accused of firing on civilians
Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on Gazans waiting for food, but Israel says people were "crushed and trampled" in a rush for aid.
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Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on Gazans waiting for food, but Israel says people were "crushed and trampled" in a rush for aid.
A man suspected of attacking a woman and burning her Israeli flag during a Gaza ceasefire protest in El Cerrito last month was arrested on multiple charges, police said Wednesday.
Dozens of students and teachers walked out of class Wednesday in Oakland to call for a cease-fire in Gaza and to protest what they called an attack on their rights to free speech.
Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel.
Dozens of students and teachers walked out of class Wednesday in Oakland to call for a cease-fire in Gaza and to protest what they called an attack on their rights to free speech.
President Biden has said the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks.
Around 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank on occupied territory. While the settlements are widely regarded as illegal under international law, there are now several prominent settlers in Israel's cabinet, and there has been an uptick in violent clashes in the West Bank since the Oct 7 attack on Israel. Holly Williams has more.
Arab American leaders in Michigan have met with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California to discuss backlash towards President Joe Biden's reelection campaign.
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.
Israel has vowed to press ahead with a ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than 1.5 million people, many of them displaced because of the war, are now living. Holly Williams has the latest.
A two-state solution has long been U.S. policy in the West Bank and Gaza in the hopes that it will end the cycle of violence. But some Israelis have a vastly different vision. Holly Williams has more.
Israeli troops say they have arrested more than 100 terror suspects after a raid at one of Gaza's largest hospitals. Israel also says that troops found medications with names of hostages, but none of the 130 Israeli hostages were found. Holly Williams has more from the West Bank.
Fears of a parallel war between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group have soared since the Israel-Hamas conflict started.
The Israeli military announced that it had rescued two hostages who were held by Hamas since October. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and King Abdullah II of Jordan met at the White House as they work towards a deal to free the rest of the hostages. Skyler Henry reports. (2/12/24)
Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah left dozens of people dead Saturday. The approximately 1.4 million Palestinians seeking shelter in Rafah have been told by Israel they can either move to another part of Rafah, go to Khan Yunis, which is still regularly bombed, or return to the north, which has been all but obliterated. Debora Patta reports.
A day after President Biden called Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip "over the top," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that the war was likely to escalate.
Meta has removed Instagram and Facebook accounts run on behalf of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after criticism over his support for Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the monthslong war still raging in the Gaza Strip.
The airstrikes come one day after the U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militias in Syria and Iraq.
The U.S. has reported several attempted Houthi strikes in the Red Sea over the past day. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has the details.
The U.S. military plans to strike targets in Iraq and Syria, including Iranian personnel and facilities, in response to a drone attack that killed 3 U.S. troops.
Australia, Italy, the U.K. and other key donors halted funding to U.N. agency over claim staff involved in Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
The Israel-Hamas war has sparked numerous acts of vandalism and calls for boycotting certain restaurants in the Bay Area. Kenny Choi reports. (1-26-24)
Hundreds demonstrated outside a federal courthouse in Oakland where a lawsuit seeking to stop U.S. aid to Israel was being heard. Anne Makovec reports. (1-26-24)
Israel has its deadliest day since launching its ground war against Hamas as 24 soldiers are killed in Gaza.
Israel pounds Gaza with artillery, terrifying civilians sheltering in a hospital, as Netanyahu rejects calls for a 2-state solution.
