Israel-Hamas war rages with cease-fire delayed, families left to hope
Under the agreement reached in Qatar, Hamas is incentivized to release captives that Israel accuses it of seizing during its rampage across southern Israel.
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Under the agreement reached in Qatar, Hamas is incentivized to release captives that Israel accuses it of seizing during its rampage across southern Israel.
CBS 2 wanted to know how people felt about the pause in fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. So we contacted two people in Israel with Chicago ties, as well as a Chicago area woman with family in Gaza.
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The Israeli government approved a deal early on Wednesday that will see the release of some of the hostages held by Hamas during a short-term cease-fire expected to begin Thursday morning. The government's announcement came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his war cabinet to discuss the terms of the deal following recent progress in negotiations in Doha, Qatar.
The breakthrough agreement calls for the release of some of the hostages taken from Israel in exchange for the release of some Palestinians being held by Israel. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports.
The Israeli government said early Wednesday that it had approved a deal that would see 50 hostages held in Gaza released and a 4-day cease-fire observed.
According to a U.S. senior administration official, three Americans are expected to be among the 50 women and children released.
While optimistic about this new deal, those who have loved ones who are captive say they will believe it when the hostages are actually released. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
They spoke at the Muslim Community center, 4380 N. Elston Ave. Their call on Monday came just before Thanksgiving.
At this stage, there is no firm deal in hand but rather a written draft agreement that is being passed between parties.
Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry says Israeli forces are closing in on second facility in the Palestinian enclave as thousands evacuate Al-Shifa hospital.
"Many areas of difference that previously existed have been narrowed," a top national security adviser to President Biden said Sunday.
Patients, staff and displaced people left Gaza's largest hospital, health officials said, leaving behind only a skeleton crew to care for those too sick to move.
The rally with around 3,000 was organized by local Palestinian groups.
"The national task before our eyes is to locate the missing and return the abducted persons home," the IDF said in a statement Friday.
In Israel, a funeral for a 19-year-old soldier took place. Her body was recovered in Gaza along with another hostage, a 65-year-old woman. Her family blamed Israel's prime minister and the UN for not doing more.
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The talks are about releasing some of the hostages in Gaza which could come soon. CBS News has learned Israel is considering a proposal about a ceasefire in exchange for Hamas releasing kidnapped women and children.
The Israeli military is carrying out an operation targeting one of Gaza's largest hospitals. Israel has accused Hamas of using tunnels under hospitals, but Hamas and Gaza health officials denied operating under the Al-Shifa Hospital where the raid is taking place.
There was a stronger federal law enforcement presence at the event amid an increase of antisemitic attacks in the U.S. since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel says it is a legitimate military target because Hamas uses it as a command center while Palestinians say innocent civilians are dying at a place that should be protected in war. CBS News' Tina Kraus reports.
"Aluminum foil is kept around the babies to protect them from the cold weather," says the director general of Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
Naela Elshorafa was visiting her sick mother when the war broke out. Last month her son told CBS News about his desperate attempts to get her home. They were finally reunited this weekend in Los Angeles.
More than 100 people were arrested Monday morning during a protest at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago, where hundreds of Jews from across the Midwest gathered to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
With Israel's military operations in Gaza showing no signs of slowing down, the Palestinian Health Ministry says the health care system in Gaza is on the brink of collapse.
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Doctors, nurses, patients, and community members were rallying Monday in front of the shuttered Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. They will urge administrators to act before a federal deadline makes the closure permanent.
More than a dozen people were detained, and some were taken to hospitals, as they faced off over a crackdown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on people in the country illegally. Darius Johnson reports.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed at least 16 arrests after clashes outside the facility both Friday and Saturday.
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