American man, 2 Israelis freed in 3rd swap with Hamas as ceasefire holds
Keith Siegel, a 65-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli national, is the first American to be released since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
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Keith Siegel, a 65-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli national, is the first American to be released since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
President Trump held a joint news conference at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. Trump said the U.S. will "take over the Gaza Strip" and said he is not ruling out sending troops there. He also said that Palestinians should resettle somewhere else. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
President Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday as the ceasefire in Gaza entered its 16th day. CBS News political director Fin Gómez joins "America Decides" to examine the mark Trump wants to leave on the Middle East.
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting as Netanyahu faces mounting pressure from his right-wing coalition at home. Many of those members want him to abandon the ceasefire deal at some point in the future and eliminate Hamas. Elise Labott, an Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins "America Decides" with analysis.
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Tuesday as the ceasefire with Hamas continues to hold in Gaza. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has the latest.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The president plans to hold a joint press conference with Netanyahu, his first with a foreign leader since taking office for a second term. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay has more on the ongoing ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Mediators begin the daunting work of brokering the next phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas this week.
As the ceasefire continues to hold, Hamas released three more hostages on Saturday, including American-Israeli Keith Siegel, who was held for 15 months. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tel Aviv.
American-Israeli dual national Keith Siegel was among three hostages released by Hamas militants in the war-torn Gaza Strip on Saturday, more than 15 months after they were taken captive by the group during its Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack. Siegel was freed in Gaza City about two hours after Israelis Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderon were released in the southern city of Khan Younis.
Hamas is expected to release three more Israeli hostages on Saturday. So far, 15 people have been freed as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel. CBS News international reporter Haley Ott reports.
Dual U.S.-Israeli national Keith Siegel is among the 3 hostages expected to be released by Hamas in the fourth swap with Israel.
Hamas has released eight more hostages as part of an ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. CBS News reporter Haley Ott reports and Jon Alterman, senior vice president and director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins "The Daily Report" with analysis.
2 Israeli women and an 80-year-old male hostage, along with 5 Thai nationals, were released in Gaza, but Israel delayed its part of the exchange, accusing Hamas of "shocking scenes" at one handover.
The expected release will keep up the momentum of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the militant Hamas group that paused the 15-monthlong war in Gaza.
Monzer al-Sharafi survived months in a tent with his family in southern Gaza. CBS News joined him for the grueling trek back to find what was left of his life.
Israel is letting thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza for the first time since the early weeks of the war with Hamas, as a fragile ceasefire endures.
Israel's goal was to destroy Hamas, but as Elizabeth Palmer reports, 15 months of war in Gaza is having the opposite effect on recruitment efforts.
Tens of thousands of Gaza residents are returning to the northern part of the territory after months of war. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Jordan voiced its "firm and unwavering" rejection of President Trump's suggestion that most Palestinians in Gaza could be relocated to neighboring nations.
After the release of four female Israeli soldiers, Israeli authorities released 200 Palestinian prisoners.
For the second time in two weeks, Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released, along with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv.
Hamas has named 4 female Israeli soldiers it says will be freed as part of the second hostage-prisoner swap, as the Gaza ceasefire endures.
As part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal reached last week, Hamas is expected Saturday to release four hostages being held in Gaza in exchange for about 200 Palestinian detainees. Ramy Inocencio has more.
Hamas is expected to name four more Israeli hostages who will be released. A Hamas official says all four will be female soldiers and would be swapped for 200 Palestinian detainees and prisoners.
Israel says troops fired on masked gunmen in Gaza, but it remains committed to the ceasefire as it continues a new offensive in the West Bank.