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Israeli officials have confirmed the death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who is said to be the mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more on what's known about the operation and what happens next in the growing Middle East conflict.
The State Department and the Pentagon reacted to the death of Hamas' Yahya Sinwar after an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. Reacting to the news, the U.S. is highlighting the hopes for Israeli hostages to be released and a potential resolution in the Israel-Hamas war. CBS News contributor Sam Vinograd breaks down the importance of the operation that led to Sinwar's death.
Details of Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip that led to the death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar are emerging. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has the latest confirmed reporting. Also, CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more on reactions in Tel Aviv and CBS News' Olivia Gazis has more on the intelligence community's response as Vice President Kamala Harris and other U.S. officials react. Plus, CBS News' Fin Gomez has more on the political implications.
Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in on news of the death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who was killed during an Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, according to Israel's military. Harris also called for a future in Gaza without Hamas. CBS News political director Fin Gómez breaks down Harris' response.
Hamas' chief Yahya Sinwar was killed during an Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, officials have confirmed. This development could signal the next phase of Israel's conflict in the Middle East which is escalating in Lebanon as fighting against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group continues. Jon Alterman, the senior vice president and Middle East program director for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News with more.
Israel's military said a strike targeted "dozens of terrorists" allegedly holed up in a northern Gaza school.
Israel may have killed Yahya Sinwar, a long-time Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. CBS News' Robert Berger and Courtney Kealy have more. Plus, CBS News' Willie James Inman reports on President Biden's trip to Germany to meet with European leaders as news emerges of major developments in the Middle East.
Israel says Hamas' senior leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, may have been killed by IDF troops during an operation in the enclave. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata and Ramy Inocencio have more.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says U.S. stealth bombers took part in airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen with the strikes hitting five underground weapons storage facilities. Meanwhile, Israel's military says it killed a Hezbollah commander in strikes over Lebanon on Wednesday. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more.
The Biden administration said it opposed Israel's recent tactics against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, but the airstrikes keep coming.
Israel's military announced more airstrikes across Lebanon, including attacks in and around the capital of Beirut, a move that the Biden administration has warned against. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Dannon, is pushing back on allegations that Israel is not allowing sufficient aid to enter Gaza. Dannon said Hamas is stealing much of what enters the enclave after news emerged of a U.S. letter to Israeli officials warning that more aid is needed. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
The Pentagon says an advanced U.S. anti-missile system will be operational in Israel soon after components for the system started arriving earlier this week. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
Israeli jets resumed strikes over Beirut's southern suburbs Wednesday morning amid warnings from the White House that Israel needs to increase the amount of aid entering Gaza or risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio and Olivia Gazis have more.
The U.S. on Monday said it would send an anti-missile system and 100 troops to Israel. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. would withhold military aid to Israel if the humanitarian situation in Gaza doesn't improve in the next month. Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News with his analysis.
One year after October 7, Lesley Stahl reflects on her 60 Minutes coverage in Israel and the "fog of war" in an expanded battlefront that now includes Lebanon, Yemen and Iran.
Former President Donald Trump campaigned in Illinois and Georgia on Tuesday after a town hall near Philadelphia on Monday night turned into a listening party. Songs played for more than 30 minutes after the event was paused due to medical emergencies, and Trump did not resume taking questions. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Michigan for an interview with radio host Charlamagne tha God. CBS News' Nikole Killion and Ed O'Keefe have the latest.
The White House says Israel must do more to protect innocent Gazans as images show "what appear to be displaced civilians burning alive."
A recent Israeli air strike on a hospital that sparked a fire at a tent camp in Gaza is being called "horrifying" by the U.S. National Security Council. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio and Nancy Cordes have more.
Israel marks one year since Oct. 7 attacks; U.S. Supreme Court convenes for new term.
As the conflict in the Middle East rages on, the parents of 23-year-old Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin are speaking out for the first time since their son's death. Goldberg-Polin was wounded and abducted by Hamas at the Nova Music Festival during the October 7 attacks and was killed by his captors in late August, along with five other hostages, as Israeli troops moved in to save them. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more.
Around 100 hostages remain trapped in Gaza. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American, was among those killed in captivity since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. His parents spoke to CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer about grief and why they feel their son should still be alive.
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli-American hostage who was killed by Hamas, are speaking out for the first time since their son's death. Elizabeth Palmer has more.
The U.S. is getting ready to send a missile defense system to Israel along with a limited number of troops, temporarily, to bolster Israel's defenses against Iran. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.
At least four Israeli troops have been killed and dozens more were injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio and Debora Patta have the latest on the war in the Middle East.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking an event at Utah Valley University.
Earlier this month, the U.S. deported a group of non-Ghanaian nationals to Ghana, including deportees from Gambia and Nigeria.
"No Other Land" director Basel Adra said Israeli soldiers raided conducted a raid at his West Bank home on Saturday, searching for him and going through his wife's phone.
A White House official confirmed the extra funds would be directed to the U.S. Marshals Service and would also include enhanced protection for Supreme Court justices.
Mr. Trump said that NATO's commitment to winning the war in Ukraine "has been far less than 100%."
California lawmakers voted to phase out a group of chemicals known as PFAS, which are often called "forever chemicals," in cookware.
Venezuela's foreign ministry said nine fishermen were "illegally and hostilely" detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham.
Romania's defense ministry said Saturday that the country's airspace had been breached by a drone during a Russian attack on infrastructure in neighboring Ukraine.
No information was provided on how many people are being held in each country, who they are or why they were imprisoned.