Maps, satellite images show Gaza devastation as Israel targets Hamas
The Gaza Strip has been pounded by relentless airstrikes since Hamas militants launched a full-scale assault on southern Israel.
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The Gaza Strip has been pounded by relentless airstrikes since Hamas militants launched a full-scale assault on southern Israel.
The mother of an Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin tells CBS News she believes her son may be among held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza.
The U.S. State Department confirms at least 22 Americans are confirmed dead in Israel as the number of fatalities and missing people in the Israel-Hamas war continues to rise. CBS News' Haley Ott and Major Garrett have the latest on the war and President Biden's response, the father of a missing Israeli soldier speaks out and a Gaza resident shares her experience as Israel's retaliation for the Hamas terror attacks continues.
Leaders of the U.S. and other nations have expressed support of Israel's right to defend itself and to respond to the Hamas terror attacks. There are also growing voices of concern about the fate of Palestinians inside Gaza as Israel's retaliatory airstrikes continue. CBS News correspondent Bradley Blackburn reports on the international response.
Palestinians are running low on basic supplies like food, water and medicine. Salma Shurrab, a dental student, says she has lived in Gaza her whole life and wants people around the world to know that Palestinians are "also victims."
"The depravity of it is haunting," an Israeli military official told CBS News of the scene in Kfar Aza, where an emergency responder says even babies were beheaded.
Israel says it's "taking more time" than expected to fend off an unprecedented attack by Hamas, as it locks down Gaza and more rockets fly from the Palestinian enclave.
Israel says it has claimed complete control of the southern part of the country and has imposed a total blockade of Gaza. CBS News reporter Haley Ott reports from Tel Aviv and Richard LeBaron, a former U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, joins CBS News to discuss.
Although the death toll is expected to increase significantly on both sides, Israel confirmed today their number of dead is approaching 1,000. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin, and Matthew Levitt, a director with the counterterrorism and intelligence program at the Washington Institute, have the latest.
Israel says it has reclaimed control of the southern part of the country after the deadly attacks by Hamas militants. It has also carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza while Hamas has fired rockets into Israel, most of which have been intercepted by the Iron Dome. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has the latest details on the ensuing conflict.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke out today on the conflict in Israel, saying Hamas had been planning the attack for some time. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion asked McCarthy if his ousting influenced Hamas' plans.
President Biden says the United States "unequivocally condemns" Hamas' attacks on Israel as officials there confirm their dead toll is approaching 1,000. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
When a Hamas militant stood over him at Israel's Supernova music festival and shot him in both legs, Gal Levy thought, "I'm gonna die."
Defense Secretary Austin said Sunday that he has ordered American military ships to move closer to Israel after Hamas' unprecedented attack.
President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "pledged his full support" to the Israeli government, the White House said.
As Mahmoud Abbas' latest remarks on why Hitler targeted the Jews draw outrage, his colleagues say it's the critics who are "extremely dangerous."
The U.N. humanitarian agency says about 40 families are still displaced after Israel's raid and thousands are back in homes left "uninhabitable" by the assault.
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Israeli troops withdrew from a refugee camp in Jenin known as a militant hotspot, with Palestinians saying 13 people were killed.
The Hamas militant group called the car attack "legitimate self-defense" in the face of Israel's largest West Bank raid in nearly 20 years.
Israel says it's targeting Palestinian militant operations in the occupied West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, which it calls a "center for terrorist activity."
Tension soars as hundreds of Israeli settlers storm a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank after four Israelis were killed by Palestinian gunmen.
Violence is intensifying between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza. CBS News anchors Lana Zak and Errol Barnett spoke with news contributor Robert Berger in Jerusalem about why the ceasefire efforts are stalling.
Some senior Palestinian militants and fighters are among the dead, along with women and children, as Israel fends off rocket barrage.
Israeli forces continue to trade fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza. CBS News anchors Errol Barnett and Lana Zak spoke with contributor Robert Berger in Jerusalem about what makes the recent violence different from what we've seen in the past.
Maine Democrats gathered Saturday to select former state Senate President Troy Jackson as the Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot.
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President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
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President Trump ordered federal officials to install signs outside the National Museum of American History that correct what he says is "inaccurate" information presented by the institution about American history.
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said Romo was pulled over around 6 p.m. on Thursday.
India's education minister resigned Saturday after weeks of protests that demanded his removal over irregularities in the education system.
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President Trump ordered federal officials to install signs outside the National Museum of American History that correct what he says is "inaccurate" information presented by the institution about American history.
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President Trump accused the European Union of "robbing" American companies and taxpayers.
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Maine Democrats gathered Saturday to select former state Senate President Troy Jackson as the Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner on the ballot.
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Movement organizers said the government had accepted their remaining demands and called off future protests.
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West Virginian singer-songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin has earned praise for his powerful vocals and heartfelt lyrics. His new album "Christian Name" explores faith, family, mourning and rebirth. Here's Charles Wesley Godwin with "Better That Way."
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