Plans approved for U.S. strikes against Iranian targets in Iraq, Syria
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.
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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.
The International Court of Justice says Israel's actions in Gaza are sufficient to warrant the court hearing a genocide case brought by South Africa.
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.
The troops on the USS Bataan are part of a U.S. military presence ready to respond to any escalation in the volatile Mideast.
Pakistan has condemned Iran for a "blatant violation" of its airspace over deadly missile strikes that show the risk of the Israel-Hamas war sparking a much wider conflict.
The Houthis, an Iran-backed proxy force, have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea since soon after the Israel-Hamas war began.
As Antony Blinken arrived to seek a "way forward," Israel continued its bombardment of Gaza and there was fresh violence along the country's northern border with Lebanon.
The worst fighting in Israel's north in nearly 20 years risks a new war, as the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired more than 60 rockets across the border Saturday in response to the assassination of a top Hamas commander in Beirut earlier this week. Israel also responded with airstrikes on southern Lebanon. Ian Lee reports from Tel Aviv.
The U.S. military killed a high-ranking Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad Thursday with a drone strike in the central part of the city. The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the bombing. CBS News White House reporter Willie J. Inman has more.
Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza rages, with the death toll reportedly nearing 20,000, amid hopes for new cease-fire negotiations.
Biden's warning over "indiscriminate bombing" in Gaza fails to slow Israel's bombardment, as Palestinians say they're facing a "war of starvation."
Nine weeks since Hamas militants conducted their surprise terror attack on southern Israel, the Israeli military Saturday continued to pound Gaza from the north to the south. It also comes one day after the U.S. vetoed a United Nations cease-fire resolution. Ramy Inocencio has the latest from Tel Aviv.
As Israel says troops have entered a key southern Gaza city as part of the expanding war on Hamas, it's facing urgent calls from abroad and from hostages' families to cease fire.
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.
As it resumed airstrikes in Gaza, the Israeli military said it was providing residents with a map to enable civilians to "evacuate from specific places for their safety."
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.
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.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East to explore the possibility of further extensions of the cease-fire agreement in Gaza.
The planned four-day cease-fire is part of an extendable deal that calls for Hamas to free 50 hostages and Israel to release 150 Palestinian prisoners.
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.
Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry says Israeli forces are closing in on second facility in the Palestinian enclave as thousands evacuate Al-Shifa hospital.
Israel says its "precise and targeted" operation in Gaza's Al Shifa hospital is intel-based and being carried out "with the intent that no harm is caused" to civilians inside.
