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President Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office Thursday at 8 p.m. to affirm the United States' solidarity with Israel and Ukraine. He will ask Congress for $100 billion in supplemental funding, which includes billions in wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
The last time Israel launched a ground invasion into Gaza was 2014 with the region suffering major civilian casualties. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green has a look back at that conflict.
Israeli airstrikes hit targets across the Gaza Strip overnight, including some areas in the southern part of the territory that Israel had declared as safe zones. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more.
President Biden secured a commitment from Israel to stop bombing the area around the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip so desperately needed humanitarian aid can flow into the enclave for the first time since Israel imposed a complete blockade on Oct. 7. But it remained unclear on Thursday when the border would open, and Israeli airstrikes continued across other parts of Gaza. Biden plans to address the U.S. about the war Thursday night. CBS News' Ian Lee and Jim Axelrod have the latest.
Officials in Gaza say Israel's bombardment since Hamas attacked Israeli civilians and soldiers on Oct. 7 has killed almost 3,500 people and wounded more than 12,000 others, a majority of them women and children. Dan Raviv, Middle East news analyst and former CBS News correspondent, joins to discuss how the Israel-Hamas war could change the Palestinian territory.
President Biden spoke to reporters Wednesday aboard Air Force One at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The president discussed his trip to Israel and commented on the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital. Mr. Biden said earlier that U.S. military data had left him convinced that an Israeli airstrike did not cause the explosion, as some Palestinian factions had claimed. Israel has accused the Hamas-allied Palestinian Islamic Jihad group of being behind the blast.
President Biden visited Israel in a show of support following the Hamas terror attacks, but a meeting with Arab leaders was canceled following the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital.
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed a second time Wednesday to secure enough votes for the House speaker's gavel. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane explains what happens next.
Republicans and Democrats on the House floor Wednesday stressed the importance of electing a speaker who supports Israel. House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mark Green joins "America Decides" to discuss Wednesday's speaker vote as well as the latest from Israel.
Omer Neutra was born in America, but went to study in Israel and eventually joined the IDF. He was taken hostage by Hamas militants during their surprise attack on Israel. Jim Axelrod spoke with Neutra's family, who are holding out hope he will come home safe.
President Biden is returning to the United States after a brief visit to Israel on Wednesday. The president was expected to spend another day in the Middle East, but a summit in Jordan with King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was canceled following the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital. CBS News' Haley Ott, Major Garrett and Weijia Jiang have more.
As Israel and Palestinian authorities blame each other for the deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza, Palestinians are left to sift through the rubble of what they thought would be a safe haven. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
President Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Mr. Biden blamed Palestinian militants for a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza, which Hamas insists was the result of an Israeli air strike. Charlie D'Agata reports.
President Biden spent his time in Israel reaffirming the U.S.' support for its longtime ally. He also advocated for the safety and protection of Palestinian civilians. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang looks at the president's visit and its impact on the war.
The Capitol Police says roughly 300 people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at the Cannon House building in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest.
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has led to thousands of innocent civilian deaths, raising concerns about whether they are both in violation of international humanitarian law. Robert Goldman, the faculty director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University Washington College of Law, joined CBS News to discuss how the Geneva Convention and other international humanitarian laws apply to the fighting happening in the Middle East.
Thousands of people trapped in Gaza are desperately trying to flee through the Rafah crossing into Egypt, but Egypt is not allowing refugees in and not yet allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports on the situation there.
President Biden landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday morning, where he was to meet with Israeli leaders in a show of support amid Israel's war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. His first remarks were a strong show of that support, as he backed Israel's firm denial of responsibility for a deadly explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports from Tel Aviv.
President Biden landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday morning, where he was greeted with an embrace by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr. Biden was to meet Israeli leaders in a show of support amid Israel's war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and his first remarks were a strong show of that support. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports from Tel Aviv on the president's visit and retired Ambassador Gerald Feierstein, a distinguished senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joins CBS News to discuss the situation.
Within hours after a blast at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and at police in Jordan.
Yaniv Zohar's 13-year-old son Ariel, who had gone for an early-morning jog, escaped alive.
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.
The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 500 people were killed Tuesday by an airstrike that hit a hospital compound in the center of Gaza City. Its claims have not yet been independently verified, and Israeli officials say they believe it was a rocket from Hamas or Islamic Jihad that fell short and struck the site. CBS News contributor Robert Berger, CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab and CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang have more.
President Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to deliver a strong message of support to a key U.S. ally. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports on what the president will have to accomplish during his trip to the Middle East as he meets with top diplomats on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war. Also, CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 500 people were killed Tuesday when an airstrike hit a hospital compound in the center of Gaza City. Israeli officials denied targeting the hospital and said they believed the blast was caused by a rocket from Hamas or Islamic Jihad that fell short and struck the site. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze, for now, a lower court order that required the Trump administration to swiftly provide full SNAP benefits to roughly 42 million Americans.
UPS and FedEx are grounding their MD-11 fleets "out of an abundance of caution" after a deadly crash at a UPS hub in Kentucky.
The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights ahead of this weekend as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown.
Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits.
In late September, President Trump announced he would be deploying federal troops to Portland in response to downtown protests over the administration's immigration crackdown.
The arrests were made in five cities in the first operation in Spain to dismantle the Venezuelan prison gang.
Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia took a leave of absence from the team a day before the World Series.
The leader of the influential conservative think tank is facing calls to resign and several staff members have left in protest.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers argued an interview conducted by a U.S. asylum officer last month did not amount to sufficient due process.