Gaza Strip — Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, killing 18 people including two staffers with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, according to rescuers. The Israeli military described it as a “precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a command and …
Lawmakers react to Schumer calling for new Israeli elections – CBS News Watch CBS News Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Israeli government to hold an election to determine the country’s path forward amid its war with Hamas. He called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Talks on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas were at an impasse on Wednesday, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened and the Israelis pushed ahead with plans to build 3,500 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Negotiators from Hamas, Qatar and Egypt — but not …
Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes in the occupied West Bank is facing widespread condemnation from several countries, including some of Tel Aviv’s staunchest allies. The country’s settlement-planning authority on Wednesday greenlit permits for nearly 3,500 new illegal settlement housing units in the occupied Palestinian territory, the first …