Israel kills militant commander as deaths mount in major West Bank raids
Israel launched its largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in years overnight Wednesday.
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Ramifications of Israeli raids in West Bank
Israel is carrying out more raids as part of a major military operation in the occupied West Bank even as negotiations continue for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
Israel launches deadly operation in West Bank
Israel is carrying out a massive military operation in the occupied West Bank. Israeli officials say it's a "counterterrorism operation" targeting armed groups using Iranian supplied weapons, but there is fear of another humanitarian crisis like what's happening in Gaza.
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Israel's military operation in the occupied West Bank comes as cease-fire talks to broker a deal between Hamas and Israel appear to be stalling. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports, and Jon Alterman, the senior vice president of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News with his analysis of Israel's latest moves.
Israel launches major West Bank military operation
Hundreds of Israeli troops raided multiple cities in the West Bank Wednesday, where nearly three million Palestinians live under Israeli rule, in what it called a "counterterrorism operation." Imtiaz Tyab reports from the occupied West Bank with details.
Israel's operation in West Bank
Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank where its army says it killed nine Palestinians. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Israel launches deadly attack on West Bank
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Gaza cease-fire talks resume in Qatar
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U.S. submarine ordered to Middle East
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling an aircraft carrier strike group to speed up its arrival to the region. The threat of possible attacks from Iran and Hezbollah on Israel looms following the killings of Hamas' political leader and a top Hezbollah commander. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
Desperate plea for Gaza cease-fire talks
President Biden and the leaders of Egypt and Qatar have issued a joint statement urging Israel and Hamas to resume talks next week for a cease-fire deal. The statement comes as Israel launches a new operation in southern Gaza and fears of wider war in the Middle East continue to grow. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more.
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White House still pushing for Gaza cease-fire
The White House says a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is as close as it's ever been, a statement that's surprising to many with the IDF continuing operations in the central and southern parts of Gaza and the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.
Israelis told to prepare bomb shelters
Hopes for a Gaza cease-fire agreement and hostage release deal seem to be on life support with Israelis being told to prepare their bomb shelters as tensions rise in the Middle East. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more.
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U.S. reaction to killing of Hamas leader
The U.S. says it was an Israeli operation that killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said they had not been informed of the strike in advance. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more on the U.S. reaction to the killing and how it may affect negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Fears of all-out war in Middle East
A U.S. official tells CBS News' Margaret Brennan that the U.S. assesses it was an Israeli airstrike that killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh overnight. Haniyeh's killing came hours after the assassination of a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, with both deaths stoking fears that the Middle East is at the precipice of all-out war. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab and Debora Patta have the latest from the region.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran's capital city, Tehran, where he attended the swearing-in of Iran's new president Tuesday. Hamas announced the news early Wednesday, blaming an Israeli airstrike for the death and vowing to make Israel regret the assassination. Haniyeh's death came hours after Israel confirmed it killed a top Hezbollah commander in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab and Ian Lee have more.
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