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With more Israelis calling for a cease-fire deal in the war against Hamas in Gaza, CBS News traveled with the IDF into Rafah, where Israel recently carried out a widely criticized ground offensive. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more.
Israel's military brings journalists to Rafah to see what it says it has accomplished there. The city is destroyed, but the fight goes on.
The militant group – which controlled Gaza before triggering the war with an Oct. 7 attack on Israel – has reportedly given initial approval of the cease-fire deal.
An Israeli strike on a school in Gaza killed at least 16 people, according to Hamas officials, as Israel claims it was targeting militants. The strike comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is sending a delegation to Qatar to discuss a cease-fire proposal. Holly Williams repoerts.
In May, Israel launched a ground offensive in Rafah; it says more than 900 Hamas fighters have been killed there. But the cost has been extreme.
After the Israel-Hamas war broke out nine months ago, more than a million people sought shelter in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. In May, Israel launched a ground offensive in Rafah and says it has since killed more than 900 Hamas fighters there. But the cost has been a shattered, unlivable city. Correspondent Holly Williams reports.
A senior U.S. official said Saturday that the response from the militant group Hamas to an existing cease-fire proposal in the war with Israel "may provide the basis for closing the deal." The details of the cease-fire plan were initially outlined by President Biden in May and include the release of female, elderly and wounded hostages in stage one, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza in stage two. Holly Williams has details.
It's been five weeks since President Biden announced a cease-fire proposal to attempt to end the war in Gaza. Now, there are new signs that progress might be being made as Israel and Hamas attempt to make a deal through their intermediaries.
A senior U.S. official tells CBS News that Hamas' latest response to the existing cease-fire proposal with Israel "may provide the basis for closing the deal." CBS News' Holly Williams is following the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.
Despite the war still raging minutes away in Gaza, Jewish families tells CBS News they feel safer in southern Israel than they did in Paris or London.
An Israeli delegation headed by Mossad Director David Barnea is traveling to Qatar in a continuation of talks on a potential cease-fire and hostage deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed Thursday to send negotiators to discuss a possible deal with Hamas, according to an Israeli official. Netanyahu has spoken to President Biden about his decision and is expected to meet with his security cabinet soon, according to his office. CBS News' Holly Williams reports.
The Biden administration has voiced concern over the prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Fighting along Israel's northern border with Lebanon is intensifying, while the IDF continues airstrikes in southern Gaza after ordering more evacuations. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams has the latest.
Israel's strikes across its northern border on Lebanon have killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, according to a new Reuters report. Sebastian Usher, Middle East analyst for BBC News, joined CBS News with more on the situation.
Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike has killed nine people in Gaza's second-largest city. The report comes less than 24 hours after Israel ordered civilians in the area to leave their homes. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports.
An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials said.
Palestinians are being told by Israel's military to leave the eastern part of Gaza's second-largest city, Khan Younis, indicating there could be a new ground operation in the already mostly-destroyed area. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has the latest on the war.
Israeli officials are criticizing the decision to release the director of Gaza's main hospital. That doctor was held in Israeli custody for seven months without being charged. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports.
The Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Khan Younis on Monday, a sign that troops are likely to launch a new ground assault.
Israeli forces had detained Al-Shifa hospital boss Mohammed Abu Selmia and said Hamas was using the facility as a commander center.
Israel has reportedly released dozens of Palestinians it detained from Gaza, including the director of Gaza's main hospital, Al-Shifa Hospital, which the IDF raided twice. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more.
Israeli troops continued an offensive in Gaza City over the weekend. At least two IDF soldiers were killed and, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, 40 Palestinians were killed in a series of strikes over the past day. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
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