Netanyahu signals that Gaza peace deal could be close – CBS News Watch CBS News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to announce the release of all the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza in one fell swoop in the coming days. Debora Patta reports on the latest from the Middle East….
After a week-long gathering of leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York, its president struck a positive tone on Monday. Annalena Baerbock, the former German foreign minister, said there was a collective will to “choose the right path at the crossroads”. “If high-level week is any indication, this house is fulfilling that purpose…
Hamas has accepted some elements of the Trump administration’s plan to end the war with Israel, but the militant group says further discussions are needed on other issues.It remains to be seen if those gaps can be bridged, but Israel’s army says it is advancing preparations for the first phase of President Trump’s plan in…
The soldiers who were arrested had asked to make the journey a few hours earlier, while it was still dark. Four soldiers in the IDF’s Nahal Brigade were imprisoned for 10 days after they had refused to drive an unprotected Hummer through an area in Gaza City that the military had not completely taken over,…
The rockets fell in an area adjacent to the Morag Corridor, in close proximity to the distribution point, but the site was undamaged by the attack. Terrorists launched rockets from Khan Yunis at a humanitarian aid distribution point in Rafah on Wednesday, the IDF announced on Thursday night. The rockets fell in an area adjacent…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli navy soldiers boarded vessels and detained dozens of activists aboard a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, but 12 hours after the military began intercepting the vessels, several boats continued sailing and were nearing the besieged territory on Thursday, activists said. Supporters of the flotilla took to the streets…
One woman said she was given a six month contract with UNRWA after being pressured to sleep with an aid worker. Some Palestinian men have been exploiting the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, using resources as a way to pressure women into sexual interactions they would not have otherwise consented to, six local women…
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 38 people across Gaza, health officials said. International pressure for a ceasefire is growing, but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu remained defiant about continuing the war during an address to the United Nations Friday afternoon. Strikes in central and northern Gaza killed people in their homes in the…
Reservists and hostage families condemn Netanyahu’s UN speech plan, calling the mission life-threatening and criticizing its real objective. Soldiers serving in the Gaza Strip and their parents have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of lying about a controversial plan to broadcast his UN General Assembly speech to Gaza residents. The families say the operation put…
The Israeli military has razed block after block of Gaza City as part of a new ground offensive in what was once the territory’s largest urban center. Israel’s war against Hamas, which began two years ago, has leveled wide swathes of the Gaza Strip, including the city of Rafah in the south and the town…