Netanyahu defends Gaza military offensive, says Israel must "finish the job"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel's goal was not to occupy Gaza, but to "free Gaza."
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel's goal was not to occupy Gaza, but to "free Gaza."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defending his decision to keep fighting in Gaza, despite protests at home and abroad. Debora Patta has the latest.
London police said Sunday that 532 people were arrested the previous day when supporters of a pro-Palestinian group that was recently outlawed as a terrorist organization intentionally broke the law.
The meeting comes as there is growing international condemnation of Israel's decision for a military takeover of Gaza City, while little appears to have changed immediately on the ground.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his security cabinet this week as Israeli media reports he is preparing to push for a full military takeover of Gaza. Andrew Boyd, former chief of operations for the CIA Counterterrorism Mission Center, joins "The Takeout" with analysis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with his security council about the future of Gaza. Netanyahu continues to face pressure over getting aid into the enclave. CBS News Middle East correspondent Courtney Kealy has more.
Tensions are rising again in the face of possible Gaza peace talks after a far-right Israeli minister prayed at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site and Hamas released a video showing emaciated Israeli hostages. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports.
Disturbing new video shows a severely malnourished Israeli hostage being held in what appears to be an underground tunnel. This comes as witnesses and aid workers say Israeli troops opened fire on hungry civilians at two Gaza food distribution sites. Debora Patta reports.
Steve Witkoff gave the families a personal commitment that he and President Trump would work to return the remaining hostages.
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel and is expected to visit Gaza, where the death toll among Palestinians waiting for aid continues to climb.
The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.
Three United Nations agencies warned that Gaza is on the brink of full-scale famine. Food aid is being flown in from Amman, Jordan. Debora Patta went along on a flight.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that the U.K. will recognize Palestine as a state in September unless Israel takes "substantive steps" to end the "appalling situation in Gaza." CBS News' Debora Patta and Natalie Brand have more.
Israel is under intense pressure to increase the amount of aid flowing into Gaza. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta is in Jordan, one of the countries that recently resumed air drops of aid into the territory.
Israel has allowed more aid to flow into Gaza, under intense pressure over Palestinians starving to death, but the U.N. says much more is still needed.
The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.
Israel says it will pause some fighting in Gaza to allow more aid in as what's been described as a humanitarian catastrophe continues in the enclave. Kate Phillips-Barrasso, vice president of global policy and advocacy for Mercy Corps, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.
The Israeli military said Saturday that it will resume aid airdrops into Gaza and open humanitarian corridors for United Nations convoys amid increased international pressure and accounts of starvation-related deaths in the territory. Haley Ott reports.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff blames Hamas as Gaza ceasefire talks stall yet again, bringing no hope for starving Palestinian children.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening, with Palestinians starving to death or risking their lives to get food. Elizabeth Palmer reports. Margaret Brennan has analysis.
Right now, the pathway towards any potential ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war has stalled. The latest round of talks was cut short on Thursday when the president's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said the U.S. was bringing its negotiating team home from talks in Qatar. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
The World Food Program said this week that a third of Gaza's population of two million must survive for days without food. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay has the latest on this crisis and ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. Then, Tjada McKenna, CEO of Mercy Corps, joins to discuss the state of humanitarian aid in the region.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Europe and possibly Middle East for meetings on issues including the Israel-Hamas conflict.
As Israel faces mounting pressure to end the Gaza war, a hospital director says the Palestinian enclave is facing "alarming numbers of deaths" from starvation.