Israel's Netanyahu says militants make up about half of Gaza deaths
Israel's leader acknowledges that more than half of those killed in Gaza are likely civilians, as the U.N. shifts to a lower estimate of women and children victims.
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Israel's leader acknowledges that more than half of those killed in Gaza are likely civilians, as the U.N. shifts to a lower estimate of women and children victims.
The U.S. is still pressing Israel over its planned ground operation in Gaza's southern city of Rafah. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang breaks down how conversations are evolving.
Israeli forces have pushed across the southern part of Gaza in what the military says are limited and precise attacks targeting Hamas militants. Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to President Biden, called on Israel to do more to protect civilians. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
Israel's battle against Hamas has forced nearly 360,000 people to flee from a city they were told only months ago to seek refuge in.
Israel is again fighting Hamas in northern Gaza months after saying the militants had been largely removed from that area. The fighting continued in southern Gaza as well, worsening the struggle to find food and shelter for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians. Ramy Inocencio reports.
The U.S. is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for plans to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. This comes as more than 300,000 Palestinians fled Rafah before a potential offensive. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports.
Jerry Seinfeld, who has supported Israel since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants, delivered the commencement address at Duke University on Sunday.
Over the weekend, the U.S. leveled some of its strongest criticism yet of Israel's actions in Gaza, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken telling "Face the Nation," "In certain instances, Israel acted in ways that are not consistent with international humanitarian law." CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more on the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
Two Israeli artists are working together to create a different reality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Nearly 360,000 Gazans have fled the city of Rafah as pressure increases on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to come up with a plan to help solve the humanitarian crisis.
Parts of Rafah are now abandoned as Palestinians who were sheltering there amid the war have been forced to flee again. Fighting has also broken out again in the northern Gaza Strip. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Amid heightened tensions with the U.S. over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israel is continuing its war with Hamas in Gaza. It's also facing the Iran-backed Hezbollah to the north.
Israel, preparing for a possible Rafah invasion, faces increased tension with the U.S. over the Gaza humanitarian crisis. To the north, it's also confronting Hezbollah attacks coming in from Lebanon.
Following President Biden's confirmation that the U.S. will not send weapons to Israel if there is an invasion of Rafah, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on "Face the Nation" that the U.S. "will not support" Israel if there is a "major military operation" in Rafah in the "absence of a credible plan to protect civilians."
This week on "Face the Nation," Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins Margaret Brennan as America's relationship with Israel faces a serious stress test this week, with a new U.S. report that says it is "reasonable to assess" that Israel violated international law in its war with Hamas. Plus, a story about how a group of special operations veterans helped a fellow service member's family get their mother out of war-torn Gaza.
The United Nations and other agencies have warned for weeks that an Israeli assault on Rafah, which borders Egypt near the main aid entry points, would cripple humanitarian operations
While officials worked to keep politics out of the event, the Israel-Hamas war led to controversy this year.
Thousands more people are evacuating the southern Gaza city of Rafah, on top of the more than 100,000 who have already fled in the past week as Israel warns of a possible ground assault of the city. Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
A new, highly-awaited report from the Biden administration says Israel may have violated international humanitarian law in Gaza, but stopped short of a definitive assessment of wrongdoing. The report is drawing intense backlash from both political parties.
The Israeli military ordered people seeking refuge in east Rafah to evacuate immediately and head to designated humanitarian zones. The move comes after the Israeli war cabinet voted to expand its operation in the southern Gaza city, where millions are taking refuge.
College protesters are demanding divestment as a way to deliver change, although its effectiveness isn't clear cut.
The highly anticipated State Department report doesn't formally conclude Israel is in violation of U.S. or international law.
"We're not investing in students' future by engaging in relationships with companies that profit from war," Sacramento State University President Luke Wood told CBS News.
Different colleges have taken different approaches to handling campus protests, with very different outcomes. Sacramento State's response stands out. Elise Preston had an exclusive interview with the university's president, one of the first to sit down to talk about the protests.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered to Congress a highly-anticipated report on Israel's military operations in Gaza. The State Department investigation found no humanitarian law violations by Israel, but determined that "it is reasonable to assess" that some U.S. weapons may have been used in manners "inconsistent" with those laws. Ramy Inocencio reports.