U.S. pushes Israel to delay invasion as Hamas still holds 222 hostages
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.
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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.
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.
The conflict overseas has stretched into a third week.
The two-week old war with Hamas is threatening to spiral into a broader conflict.
"We are standing, marching together against evilness."
However, no U.S. citizens or other foreign nationals who have been stranded in Gaza since the war began were allowed to cross into Egypt.
The freed U.S. hostages are Judith and Natalie Shoshana Raanan from suburban Chicago, officials announced.
As Israel bombs Hamas in Gaza and aid remains locked out, Iran's other allies in the region appear to test the water, fueling fear of a wider regional war.
Palestinian officials said an Israeli airstrike was responsible for the blast, while Israel said Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza launched a rocket that hit the site.
U.S. citizens overseas have been advised to "exercise increased caution" due to "the potential for terrorist attacks" and violence amid the Israel-Hamas war.
President Biden is asking Congress for $100 billion in supplemental funding, including aid for Israel and Ukraine.
Authorities say Palestinian-American Wadea Al-Fayoume was targeted and stabbed to death by his landlord in an anti-Muslim attack in Illinois.
"I come to Israel with a single message — you're not alone," President Biden told the people of Israel.
In the past two weeks, the three large stones have become a tense platform for politics with competing views about the violence in the Middle East.
President Biden is traveling to Israel to show support for a key U.S. ally as Israel and Hamas trade accusations over a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital.
President Biden is still traveling to Israel, but his stop in Jordan has been canceled.
Horrifying images of the war in Israel are making their rounds online and even on children's social media.
Horrifying images of the war in Israel are making their rounds online and even on children's social media.
Ron Dermer, Israel's minister of strategic affairs and a member of its new war cabinet, said Hamas gets its funding, weapons and training from Iran.
As war between Israel and Hamas continues, President Biden said he does not believe the two-state solution is dead.
In Dallas, a huge crowd chanted outside City Hall in support of those affected in Gaza.
Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their first Shabbat services since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting an ongoing war.
She graduated from high school last year. Now Megan Daniels, 19, has gone to war.
In an interview with 60 Minutes, President Biden says the U.S. is "working like hell" to find Americans being held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza.
Cline, a professional basketball player for the Hapoel Eilat team, just made it safely back to North Texas Thursday night.
