Families of Americans trapped in Gaza are scared and feel abandoned
A man whose mother is among hundreds of Americans trapped in Gaza as Israel tries to "destroy" Hamas says the U.S. government has "betrayed" his family.
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A man whose mother is among hundreds of Americans trapped in Gaza as Israel tries to "destroy" Hamas says the U.S. government has "betrayed" his family.
"We have to show the world what happened here," an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said, explaining the decision to show reporters disturbing video of the Hamas attacks.
In a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, President Biden said the future of the Middle East should include a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and Middle East Institute president Paul Salem join "America Decides" to examine Mr. Biden's comments.
The Bank of Israel says it expects the nation's economy to slow amid the ongoing war with Hamas. For now, Israel is seeing an increase in defense spending as well as increases in support for local businesses and its citizens. Liz Alderman, the chief European business correspondent for The New York Times, joined CBS News to discuss the economic forecast.
Palestinian officials say an Israeli drone strike on the West Bank killed three people and injured more than 20 others. That came after Israeli forces conducting a raid in the territory came under fire near the Jenin refugee camp. Meanwhile, another convoy of aid trucks entered Gaza Tuesday night from Egypt, but not included in the aid was much-needed fuel. The U.N. says it may be forced to halt operations in the enclave due to a lack of fuel. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
Israeli troops and weaponry are lined along the Gaza border ahead of an expected ground invasion in the wake of Hamas' terror attack nearly three weeks ago. Retired Army Major John Spencer joined CBS News to discuss how Hamas' vast network of tunnels could play a role in an Israeli offensive.
The Israel-Hamas war has driven thousands of people from their homes, including in shell-shocked, front-line Israeli towns where people are bracing for more violence.
The Israeli military said it struck military infrastructure in Syria in response to Syrian rocket attacks. And Israel has called for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres' resignation after he said Hamas' terror attack "did not happen in a vacuum." CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
The Iran-backed Palestinian faction Hamas knew its unprecedented terror attack on Israel would draw a devastating response, so why did it strike?
For decades, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have had 2 main political options: Hamas or Fatah. Can either be viable after this war?
Marwan Al Ghoul, a CBS News producer who lives in Gaza, has been reporting on this war from the very beginning, risking his life to get the news out. He spoke with CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams about the war.
Hamas released two more hostages on Monday, identified by Israeli officials as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, just days after releasing two Israeli-American women on Friday. Lifshitz, 85, spoke to reporters about her kidnapping and captivity. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
Hamas released two more hostages Monday, just days after releasing two Israeli American women last Friday. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more on the state of negotiations to release the more than 200 people still being held by Hamas.
Hamas released two more hostages on Monday, identified by Israeli officials as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, just days after releasing two Israeli American women on Friday. Lifshitz, 85, spoke to reporters about her kidnapping and captivity, saying she "went through hell," but that her Hamas kidnappers treated her gently. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
An American woman is stuck in Gaza with her husband and five children after the war started during her trip to see family in the area. Tony Dokoupil reports.
Family members of Judith and Natalie Raanan, the two American hostages who Hamas released on Friday, say they are grateful for the support from President Biden and the American people. They tell CBS News' Holly Williams about how they are doing, and their wish to see a ground invasion of Gaza delayed until all the hostages held are back with their families.
Deadly, ongoing Israeli airstrikes are fueling anger across the region and fear for 222 Hamas hostages in Gaza as the U.S. tries to delay an invasion.
Israeli airstrikes continued Monday to rain misery across the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory where a blockade in response to Hamas' terror rampage on Israel has cut the roughly 2.3 million inhabitants off from supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel for more than two weeks. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab and Holly Williams have more.
Humanitarian aid is slowly being allowed into Gaza, but it's being described as a fraction of what had been coming in before Hamas' terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7. CBS News' Chris Livesay, Holly Williams and Tony Dokoupil have the latest on the situation in Gaza, the hostages being held by Hamas and Israel's plans for an expected ground invasion.
Troops from the Israel Defense Forces are preparing for a widely expected ground invasion of Gaza. Tony Dokoupil talks to soldiers as they return to service to fight Hamas.
Two sources told CBS News the U.S. has sought to slow Israel's plans for a ground invasion in order to prioritize the release of hostages and the distribution of aid. The White House said Sunday that Israel had agreed to allow a "continued flow of assistance" into Gaza after more than two weeks of a complete blockade cut the Palestinian enclave's roughly 2.3 million inhabitants off from supplies. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
The latest of several recent airstrikes in the West Bank targeted what Israel called a "terrorist compound" in the city of Jenin on Sunday. The deadly strike fuelled angry protests on the streets that have been ramping up since Israel started bombing Gaza. CBS News reporter Haley Ott has more.
The U.S. will redeploy one of its strike groups to the Persian Gulf and send additional air defense systems to the region, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday amid growing concern in Washington about a wider war in the Middle East. There are also signs the White House is working to keep Israel's troops out of Gaza for now. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe is at the White House with more.
The Hamas militant group's coordinated terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7 was the deadliest assault in the region in decades, and prompted Israel to declare war.
This week on "Face the Nation," Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins amid dramatic developments in the Middle East as Israel steps up air and artillery strikes in Gaza as well as the occupied West Bank. Plus, former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on the chaotic week in the House.