At least 27 killed in central Gaza airstrike as U.S. envoy visits the region
At least 27 people, mainly women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza.
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At least 27 people, mainly women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza.
This week on "Face the Nation," Margaret Brennan speaks to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates about the war between Israel and Hamas, campus protests in the U.S. and the ongoing congressional debate on providing aid to Ukraine. Plus, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova joins.
The announcement escalates a divide within Israel's leadership.
A U.S.-built pier is now ready to receive aid for civilians in Gaza. Meanwhile, at least 20 American medical workers are trapped in Gaza after Israel closed the Rafah border crossing. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab spoke with two of them.
The Israel Defense Forces recovered the bodies of Shani Louk, Amit Bouskila and Itshak Gelernter in Gaza, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said.
Israeli troops in Gaza found the bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas in the attack on a music festival on Oct. 7, officials say. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
The State Department issued a worldwide alert Friday for Americans traveling overseas. Sources tell CBS News the warning is a result of recent intelligence, citing threats by ISIS against Pride events in parts of Europe. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins to unpack the notice.
Israeli officials say the bodies of Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Itshak Gelernter have been recovered in Gaza. The three were seized during Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Sunday, President Biden is set to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College, but some members of the historically Black institution are considering protests over Biden's handling of the war in Gaza. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
A group of American doctors who are stuck in Gaza say they were scheduled to leave Monday, but were told there was no longer a safe way out. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports.
A U.S.-built pier is operational for delivering aid to civilians in Gaza. No American troops went ashore in Gaza as the first trucks carrying humanitarian aid began moving in via the temporary pier.
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have started rolling across a newly-built U.S. floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first time.
The U.S. military says it's installed the temporary pier that will be used to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, and trucks carrying the aid should begin "moving ashore in the coming days."
The U.S. military said Thursday it finished installing the pieces of a temporary pier in Gaza. The floating dock will transport humanitarian aid from the Mediterranean Sea. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
A coalition of pro-Palestinian activists is vowing to march without a permit during August's Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In 1968, demonstrators protested the DNC, also held in Chicago that year, over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Puck reporter Peter Hamby joins "America Decides" to discuss if history could repeat itself at the summer convention.
Police have cleared a lecture hall at the University of California-Irvine after hundreds of protesters occupied the building for several hours Wednesday. Officers dismantled an encampment and barricades while detaining some of the protesters. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Tina Patel has more.
A floating pier for the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid has been completed off the shore of Gaza, the U.S. military says. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has more on that and the threats Israel has been facing from Iranian proxies in the Middle East.
A judge has decided that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counter-protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war last year.
Many high school seniors in 2020 never got to participate in a big graduation ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, four years later, caution about protests over the war in Gaza means some won't get a college ceremony either. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports on the "no graduation" generation.
Between dual overseas wars, rising competition with China and a struggle to find consensus on southern border policy, the next president will be tasked with handling many homeland security issues. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins to discuss some of the major challenges the winner of the November election will face.
Tensions are growing in the Democratic Party as the Israel divide deepens. What can the party do to win over young voters and progressives as the war with Hamas rages on? Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California joins "America Decides" to discuss.
More than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced when modern Israel was formed. 76 years later, the war in Gaza has displaced twice as many.
More Palestinians are fleeing the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a possible Israeli ground offensive. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab is in Tel Aviv with the latest.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a long-awaited ground operation by Israel's military. Amid the ongoing war, an American doctor stuck in Gaza says President Biden isn't doing enough to stop the fighting. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
As teenagers increasingly get their news from social media, teaching about the Israel-Hamas war can be difficult amid a sea of misinformation.
The government shutdown is now on Day 40 as senators returned to Capitol Hill for a rare Sunday session. Follow live updates here.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders.
With the world's highest concentration of AI data centers, Virginia faces energy costs that Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger aims to lower during her term.
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.
During his tenure from 1989 to 2006, Paul Tagliabue oversaw the expansion of the NFL to 32 teams.
A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Federal agents said they arrested Luis Leandro Ortiz Ribera in Boston Sunday and also revealed the indictment against Emmanuel Clase de la Cruz.
Britain's public broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech President Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, announced last week the creation of a commission to look at mid-decade redistricting.