Hamas says it's open to a longer cease-fire and more hostage releases
With Israel and Hamas extending their truce to facilitate more hostage and prisoner releases, there's joy for dozens of families – and calls for a longer cease-fire.
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With Israel and Hamas extending their truce to facilitate more hostage and prisoner releases, there's joy for dozens of families – and calls for a longer cease-fire.
Hamas is expected to release more hostages, and Israel more Palestinian prisoners, under a cease-fire that has been extended 2 days, Qatar announced.
Following a lengthy delay, a second group of Hamas-held hostages were freed following the release of an initial group of 24 hostages on Friday.
Qatari and Egyptian mediators say Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis and seven foreigners on Saturday in exchange for 39 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
The planned four-day cease-fire is part of an extendable deal that calls for Hamas to free 50 hostages and Israel to release 150 Palestinian prisoners.
Under the agreement reached in Qatar, Hamas is incentivized to release captives that Israel accuses it of seizing during its rampage across southern Israel.
The Israeli government said early Wednesday that it had approved a deal that would see 50 hostages held in Gaza released and a 4-day cease-fire observed.
Mounting hope for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, but no respite for displaced families in Gaza, or for Israeli parents who want their children back from Hamas.
Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry says Israeli forces are closing in on second facility in the Palestinian enclave as thousands evacuate Al-Shifa hospital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there are "strong indications" hostages taken by Hamas were previously held at the hospital. CBS New York's Doug Williams has the latest for us from Tel Aviv.
Gaza's only remaining open hospital is reported to be no longer operational, as talks over hostages and a temporary cease-fire continue. CBS New York's Doug Williams reports for us from Tel Aviv.
Officials tell CBS News Israel is considering a temporary cease-fire, and possibly freeing some Hamas prisoners, to secure the release of some hostages from Gaza.
Israeli defense forces say they are still operating inside Gaza's largest hospital after launching what it calls a "precise and targeted" operation. CBS New York's Doug Williams has the latest from Tel Aviv.
Israeli defense officials say they neutralized four Hamas militants and found evidence the group was using the hospital as a "terror headquarters," which Hamas has denied. CBS New York's Doug Williams has an update from Tel Aviv.
Israel's military is urging Hamas to surrender after launching a targeted operation in part of Gaza's largest hospital. CBS New York's Doug Williams has an update from Tel Aviv.
Israel says its "precise and targeted" operation in Gaza's Al Shifa hospital is intel-based and being carried out "with the intent that no harm is caused" to civilians inside.
Pressure continues to mount for a cease-fire, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that won't happen until all 240 hostages are released. CBS New York's Doug Williams reports from Tel Aviv.
Normal tactics of warfare change in the environment that the terrorist group has dug beneath the Gaza Strip. CBS News looks at the difficulties military forces face, and the technologies being developed (including autonomous robots), to take on an enemy underground.
A cease-fire would be possible only if the more than 200 hostages held by militants in Gaza are released, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address.
Thousands of people who were sheltering in a Gaza hospital are evacuating as attacks against the hospital have "dramatically intensified," according to Doctors Without Borders. The Israeli military said its forces have encircled three hospitals in the territory, and have repeatedly said that Hamas hides forces and supplies within civilian infrastructure. Ramy Inocencio has more from Tel Aviv.
Israeli officials say the pauses are meant to allow Palestinians a chance to move to southern Gaza and get food and medicine, but the prime minister says there will be no cease-fire without the release of hostages. CBS New York's Doug Williams has the latest from Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians continue to flee south as the air strikes continue. CBS New York's Doug Williams has the latest from Tel Aviv.
Israeli defense officials say Hamas has lost control of northern Gaza, as ground fighting intensifies, along with unrelenting air strikes. CBS New York's Doug Williams reports from Tel Aviv.
Aid agencies say thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza are trapped and facing the risk of "death by starvation" amid Israel's war with Hamas.
CBS New York's Doug Williams reports from Tel Aviv, as the Israeli military says it's fighting in the depths of Gaza City.
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The weather today will be a near repeat of yesterday, minus the breezy conditions. That's good news as wildfires continue to burn.
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A Red Flag Warning is in effect today across the entire Tri-State Area until 6 p.m.
Service is finally restored after a transformer explosion and fire along Amtrak tracks in the Bronx caused service suspensions throughout the region Tuesday and Wednesday.
A Red Flag Warning is back in effect for much of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as the fire threat remains high.
The weather today will be a near repeat of yesterday, minus the breezy conditions. That's good news as wildfires continue to burn.
Hundreds of delays at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday resulted from air traffic control staffing problems.
The risk of wildfire development will remain elevated across the Tri-State Area through the next several days.
Over 100 New York families were asked to evacuate due to the Jennings Creek wildfire, which has been burning from Orange County to West Milford, New Jersey for over a week.
A fire at an abandoned home spread to neighboring houses late Friday night and displaced over a dozen families in Newark.
The weather today will be a near repeat of yesterday, minus the breezy conditions. That's good news as wildfires continue to burn.
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