Congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers in the West Bank
Congressman Ro Khanna said members of the Israel Defense Forces spoke with the settlers and moved a car to block the road.
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Congressman Ro Khanna said members of the Israel Defense Forces spoke with the settlers and moved a car to block the road.
Hamdan Ballal said Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank beat him in front of his home while filming the assault.
Israeli settlers have beaten up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film "No Other Land."
One year ago, about 1,200 Israelis were killed and dozens were taken hostage in Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. CBS News' Chris Livesay and Elizabeth Palmer report on how Israel is marking the somber day.
Approximately 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7. In the subsequent war in Gaza, more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health, though Israel disputes those numbers. CBS News' Errol Barnett has more.
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli troops also raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera, ordering the bureau to shut down.
The White House earlier warned both Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group against "escalation of any kind" following pager and walkie-talkie explosions targeting Hezbollah members.
Aysenur Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was likely killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, was buried on Saturday.
Doctors in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say American national Aysenur Eygi was fatally shot at a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
Overnight, two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Officials said the two were planning car bomb attacks. The incident comes as the Israeli military continues its operations in the territory for a fourth day. Meanwhile in Gaza, there is expected to be a pause in the fighting this weekend as the United Nations carries out urgent polio vaccinations.
"It was a night of hell. We haven't seen such bombing since the start of the war," one Gaza resident says.
The war in Gaza is changing the way people are observing the holidays in the Middle East. There's a tremendous sense of pain and loss. Bay Area Christian Palestinians are finding it difficult to celebrate, as Christmas approaches.
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.
