Protests erupt after Hamas leader killed
A senior Hamas leader has been killed in a Beirut explosion, triggering new concerns the war between Israel and Hamas may expand wider. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
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A senior Hamas leader has been killed in a Beirut explosion, triggering new concerns the war between Israel and Hamas may expand wider. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
Israel offered no official comment on the attack, but Hezbollah's leader vowed revenge.
Saleh al-Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas' military wing and headed the group's presence in the West Bank.
A top Hamas official was killed in an explosion Tuesday in Beirut, according to officials with Hamas and Hezbollah. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee reports from Tel Aviv.
The Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah are continuing to trade blows along Lebanon's border with Israel, leading to concerns that the northern border may become a second front amid the war in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli citizens are calling for the release of all remaining hostages taken on Oct. 7. Ian Lee has more from Israel.
"If the world and Lebanon's government will not work to stop the shooting at Israel and to distance Hezbollah from the border, the IDF will do so," an Israeli government minister says.
The Israeli government approved a deal negotiated in Doha, Qatar, for the release of some hostages from Hamas' Oct. 7 attack and a short-term cease-fire in Gaza. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano reports on the deal's points as some critique its implications. CBS News' Willie Inman reports from Nantucket, Massachusetts, where President Biden is staying for Thanksgiving, and Mike Lyons, a retired U.S. Army major and military analyst, joins CBS News with his take on the continued threats in the Middle East.
President Biden said a deal between Israel and Hamas is potentially "very close" to becoming a reality. If approved, the agreement may lead to a limited, temporary cease-fire and the release of some hostages. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan, who is the moderator of CBS' "Face the Nation," has been speaking to sources on the potential details of the deal, and CBS News' Lilia Luciano has the latest from Israel. Also, CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the Biden administration's reaction to the negotiations.
Warnings of a health sector collapse are increasing as alarming images from inside Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital show premature babies being kept warm by aluminum foil as the World Health Organization says the facility has been without fuel for days. Israel said Hamas is using the hospital as a command center and medical personnel and patients are being used as human shields; Hamas and the doctors deny that. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports on the latest, and Alyona Synenko, a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, joined CBS News to discuss.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a ceasefire with Hamas won't happen until hostages are released. He also says Israel will not allow fuel into Gaza as hospitals run low. Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joins CBS News to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the risk of a broader regional conflict.
Hundreds are escaping Gaza through Egypt as Israeli forces push into the Palestinian territory -- but only foreigners and dual-nationals are being allowed out. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more on what the evacuations look like.
Despite growing outcry over the huge civilian death toll in Gaza, Israel is pressing ahead with the "next stage" of its war on Hamas.
Israel expanded ground operations in Gaza on Friday, nearly three weeks after Hamas launched an attack on the country. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata, David Martin and Nancy Cordes have the latest.
Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have killed at least eight Syrian soldiers. Israel says the attacks were retaliation for earlier rockets apparently fired from Syria. Andrew J. Tabler, a Martin J. Gross senior fellow with the Washington Institute, joins CBS News with insight on Syria's role in the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel is getting closer to carrying out its ground invasion of Gaza. CBS News' Catherine Herridge spoke with retired Gen. Joseph Votel — the former commander of U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East.
Israeli forces and Hezbollah have been trading fire along the border between Israel and Lebanon. The exchanges threaten to expand the war into a wider regional conflict. Ian Lee reports.
Teachers around the world are taking on the difficult task of addressing the war between Israel and Hamas in the classroom. Judy Pace is an author and professor at the University of San Francisco School of Education who facilitates professional learning on teaching controversial issues with educators in the U.S. and around the world. She joined CBS News to discuss how educators should handle the war.
Protesters have been gathering in the streets of Lebanon as the fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies with demonstrators rallying outside the U.S. embassy in Beirut following news of a Gaza hospital's destruction. Meanwhile, Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli soldiers along the border, raising concerns that violence could spread throughout the region. Middle East geopolitical expert Trita Parsi joined CBS News to discuss the history of Hezbollah and how precarious the situation is right now in the region.
A senior Biden administration official confirmed to CBS News that the president's meeting with Arab leaders in Jordan has been called off -- saying it was a "mutual" decision. Weija Jiang unpacks what Mr. Biden hopes to accomplish with his trip to the Middle East. Plus, Roxana Saberi has the latest on the situation near the Israel-Lebanon border.
Clashes with Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border have moved Israeli authorities to order evacuations of villages in the area. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi has more.
Israel was conducting heavy airstrikes early Tuesday in and near the southern Gaza towns of Khan Younis and Rafah, where Israel had told civilians to seek refuge, local officials reported. Gaza's interior ministry said at least 49 Palestinians were killed, according to the Reuters news service. CBS News' Ian Lee has more.
As civilians caught in Gaza try to get out before Israel's ground offensive, those who do make it to Rafah border crossings face life-threatening airstrikes and may not even be allowed to cross. CBS News' Haley Ott has the latest.
With Israel readying for a ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza, CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams met with troops who are anxious to join the fight and still in their teens. And CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports on the scene in Kfar Aza kibbutz, one of the sites of Hamas' terrorist attacks last week.
President Biden has canceled a planned trip to Colorado Monday and will stay in Washington, D.C., amid the Israeli-Hamas war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken continued to criss-cross the Middle East working to ensure safe passage for Americans to leave Gaza, secure the release of hostages held by Hamas and keep the war from spreading. The White House also appointed a special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues to focus on getting humanitarian aid to Palestinians. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
Tens of thousands of Israeli troops and weapons are at the border of Gaza waiting for word to begin a ground invasion in response to Hamas' deadly terror attacks a little over a week ago. CBS News' Ian Lee has the latest on what we know about the war and Astrid Martinez reports on the evacuation of Americans from Israel.