Five killed in deadly attack in Israel
Five people have been killed by a Palestinian gunman in a suburb of Tel Aviv. It is the fifth deadly attack in less than two weeks. Roxana Saberi reports.
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Five people have been killed by a Palestinian gunman in a suburb of Tel Aviv. It is the fifth deadly attack in less than two weeks. Roxana Saberi reports.
The violence between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza is not letting up. On Saturday morning, an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City killed at least 10 people, some of them children. That's the highest number of fatalities in a single attack since the conflict began less than a week ago. While some of the most intense assaults have been in Gaza and southern Israel, a much broader offensive is taking shape. Imtiaz Tyab is in Tel Aviv with the latest.
Israel’s parliament narrowly approved a new unity government, ending the 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest in the country's history. Charlie D'Agata was in Tel Aviv to witness the reaction.
Charlie D'Agata is in Tel Aviv where Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, might soon be ousted from office by a fragile coalition of his enemies set on ending his 12-year run of power.
CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tel Aviv on the dramatic escalation of violence in the Mideast.
Airstrikes and rocket attacks keep targeting Gaza and Israel despite growing international cease-fire efforts. President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he expects a "significant de-escalation," but the violence showed no signs of slowing down. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from southern Israel near Gaza, and CBS News reporter and producer Haley Ott joins CBSN from Tel Aviv with the latest developments.
Confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions at a mosque in Jerusalem escalated into Wednesday with Hamas launching over 100 rockets into Israel and Israel responding with airstrikes in Gaza. Senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports on the death toll felt on both sides.
Israeli officials say they destroyed Hamas tunnels and homes of militant commanders in the latest airstrikes in Gaza. The Gaza Health Ministry says least 200 Palestinians have died since the conflict erupted last week, and 8 Israelis have been killed in Hamas rocket attacks. Yara Hawari, senior policy analyst for Al-Shabaka, a Palestinian think-tank, joins CBSN to discuss the situation.
Israeli bombings and Hamas rocket fire continued overnight, following an intense day which saw a 15-story building in the heart of Gaza reduced to rubble by Israeli fighter jets. Correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tel Aviv.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent the top official on Israeli-Palestinian affairs to the Middle East on Wednesday. It comes as both sides continue to ramp up violent rocket attacks against each other. Both Blinken and President Biden reiterated that Israel does have a right to defend itself. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis joined "Red and Blue" to discuss the latest.
Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israeli cities as Israel targets Gaza with airstrikes in what is now the worst violence in the region since the 2014 war with civilian and military deaths on both sides. CBS correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from a Tel Aviv suburb where usually Israelis and Arabs live together peacefully, but have recently erupted in violence.
A United Nations Middle East envoy warns that the latest conflict between Israel and Gaza could escalate into a "full-scale war." Meantime, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has the right to protect itself. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero from Tel Aviv with the latest.
The latest wave of violence erupting across Israel and Gaza has reignited growing fears of a major military conflict in the region. Clashes are escalating between Israelis and Palestinians after Hamas fired rockets and Israelis launched airstrikes. CBS News correspondent Robert Berger joins CBSN from Jerusalem to explain the latest developments.
Palestinians fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Tuesday as Israel continued to launch airstrikes on Gaza. The exchange followed days of violence in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Newsday columnist Dan Raviv joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the conflict.
The State Department is paving the way to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood joins CBSN to discuss why the timeline sped up and what the implications are.
Vice President Mike Pence addressed Israel's Knesset, or parliament, Monday and said the U.S. plans to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2019. The Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December sparked protests among Palestinians. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood joins CBSN to discuss what was the behind the decision to move the embassy sooner and how Palestinians are reacting.
CBS News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Seth Doane reports from Jerusalem where security is tighter following President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
President Trump is set to reverse nearly seven decades of U.S. Middle East policy, as he is expected to announce that Washington will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The president plans to tell the State Department to begin moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv. Margaret Brennan reports.
This week President Trump could become the first U.S. president to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. His decision is expected on Wednesday. Trump is also considering moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Seth Doane reports from Jerusalem, the city at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
President Trump has decided not to act on a campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, at least for now. He says this is not a retreat in support for Israel. Amir Tibon, Washington correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, joins CBSN to discuss the impact.
President Trump signed a waiver to keep an American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, for at least six more months.
President Trump praised Israel and said he was in the country to "reaffirm the unbreakable bond" between it and the United States upon his arrival today in Tel Aviv. In brief remarks at Ben Gurion airport, Mr. Trump said he hoped to seize a "rare opportunity to bring stability and peace to this region."
Press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that President Trump believes as many as five million people voted illegally based on evidence he was given; "La La Land" is up for a record-tying 14 Academy Awards.
Donald Trump has advocated for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, something many Israelis want. But Palestinian leaders say it would hold up the peace process and lead to more violence. Seth Doane reports.
President Trump's press secretary says the U.S. is in the "early stages" of deciding whether the American embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Mr. Trump says he plans to move it, but Israeli officials see the statement as an effort to buy time. Seth Doane reports from Jerusalem.