Israel advances into Gaza amid U.S. aid talks

The Israel-Hamas war continues after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls Monday for an immediate cease-fire. In the U.S., Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testified before the Senate appropriations committee about the Biden administration's requests for aid for Israel and Ukraine. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has the latest from Israel, and CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports on the battle shaping up in Congress.

• Oct 31, 2023
• 06:40

As Israel says Hamas commander killed, who else is it targeting?

Israel says it killed a Hamas commander behind attacks on 2 towns — another name on a growing list of targets in Gaza.

• Oct 31, 2023

Desperate civilians in Gaza scramble for food

Israel says its war is only with Hamas, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected calls for an immediate cease-fire, but the toll has been immense for the roughly 2 million people who live in the Gaza Strip. For civilians caught between two sides intent on destroying each other, it's become a daily struggle for survival. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more.

• Oct 31, 2023
• 07:05

Gaza's hospitals short on supplies, full of dead and wounded civilians

Israel has vowed to continue its war with Hamas until the group is destroyed, but millions of Palestinian civilians are caught in the middle.

• Oct 31, 2023

Israeli forces push further into Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not agree to a cease-fire in Gaza as troops moved further into the Palestinian territory on Monday. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 06:28

Hamas says 8,300 killed in Gaza as Israel sends in more ground forces

Despite growing outcry over the huge civilian death toll in Gaza, Israel is pressing ahead with the "next stage" of its war on Hamas.

• Oct 30, 2023

Desperation grows in Gaza amid food shortages

Desperation was growing in Gaza Monday amid food and aid shortages. Israeli air strikes continue to kill civilians, including 3,200 children in the last 3 weeks, according to Hamas. Debora Patta reports.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 02:27

IDF video shows troops pushing deeper into Gaza

Israel Defense Forces released new video Monday showing its tanks and troops pushing deeper into Gaza. Israel also announced an Israeli soldier who was held hostage was freed during an overnight operation. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 03:57

Lawmakers unveil stand-alone Israel aid bill

As the war in the Middle East worsens, new Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing for legislation that would merely provide funding for Israel and nothing else. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 03:54

Beds representing hostages shown in Jerusalem

As 239 hostages remain in the hands of Hamas, Israelis are displaying yellow ribbons and partaking in other symbolic acts to honor those missing. CBS News' Tina Kraus reports from Tel Aviv.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 04:03

Israel's bombardment of Gaza intensifies, communications cut off

Israel's bombardment of Gaza on Saturday was described by residents as the most intense of the war, and came as communications were knocked out in the territory. CBS News foreign correspondents Ramy Inocencio and Debora Patta report on the recent developments in the Israel-Hamas war.

• Oct 28, 2023
• 10:25

Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

Israel will not agree to a cease-fire in the war with Hamas, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed during a news conference Monday. His remarks come after Israel increased its ground operations in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 13:31

Woman kidnapped by Hamas at music festival confirmed dead by Israel

German-Israeli Shani Louk, 22, was among those killed by Hamas militants after they stormed a trance music festival on Oct. 7, her family has learned.

• Oct 30, 2023

Hamas releases video of Israeli hostages

Israeli troops were inside the Gaza Strip Monday, waging what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the next stage of his country's war against Hamas. Meanwhile, Hamas released a video Monday showing three of the hostages the group seized during its bloody Oct. 7 terror rampage. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has the latest from Tel Aviv, and CBS News White House reporter Bo Erickson reports on the Biden administration's response to this second phase of the Israel-Hamas war.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 11:08

Israel targets Hamas' tunnels under Gaza

The next phase of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip has begun. But much of the war between Israel and Hamas, which governs Gaza, may be fought not on the territory's streets, but instead underneath them — where Hamas is believed to have built an elaborate network of tunnels, and where the militant group is also hiding hostages. CBS News correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports.

• Oct 30, 2023
• 04:06

U.N. aid warehouses looted in Gaza as Netanyahu declares "second phase" in war

The Israeli military said Monday it had struck more than 600 targets in Gaza over the previous 24 hours as it stepped up its bombardments.

• Oct 30, 2023

Antisemitic mob storms Russian airport over arrival of plane from Israel

Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving from Israel.

• Oct 30, 2023

Former CENTCOM commander on Israel-Hamas war

CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge speaks to retired Gen. Joseph Votel about the Israel-Hamas war, efforts to free hostages, and how adversaries of the United States are watching the conflict.

• Oct 29, 2023
• 22:02

Vance on sending aid to Palestinians

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio tells "Face that Nation" that he doesn't think the U.S. should provide aid to Palestinian citizens because "if you deliver a large amount of humanitarian assistance, who's it going to, the children of Gaza or to the Hamas fighters on the front lines? I fear it's going to go to Hamas."

• Oct 29, 2023
• 08:10

War between Israel and Hamas enters fourth week

As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its fourth week, Holly Williams reflects on the magnitude of the story — and how the unimaginable, is now reality.

• Oct 29, 2023
• 03:22

3 truckloads of Red Cross aid has gotten into Gaza today

Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross, tells "Face the Nation" that three additional truckloads of medicine, medical equipment, water and sanitation equipment have made it into Gaza on Sunday.

• Oct 29, 2023
• 04:49

CBS News producer describes scene in Gaza

CBS News producer Marwan Al Ghoul lives in Gaza, and he tells "Face the Nation" that he saw "death, bodies, everywhere around the hospital, waiting for any car to pick up them and bury them in the graves."

• Oct 29, 2023
• 05:32

Sullivan: U.S., Israel have had "conversations like friends"

National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells "Face the Nation" that the U.S. has pressed Israel to distinguish between Hamas and Palestinian civilians amid growing pressure to protect civilians in Gaza as Israel expands its raids. "We have conversations like friends do on the hard questions that I talked about before — on issues associated with humanitarian aid, on distinguishing between terrorists and innocent civilians, on how Israel's thinking through its military operation," Sullivan said.

• Oct 29, 2023
• 10:16

Netanyahu: "Second stage of the war" has begun

While Israeli officials stopped short of calling the situation in Gaza an invasion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the "second stage of the war" had begun. Charlie D'Agata reports from Tel Aviv.

• Oct 29, 2023
• 04:19

Israel opens "new phase" in war against Hamas, Netanyahu says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation that Israel has opened a "new phase" in the war by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea.

• Oct 28, 2023

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