Israel approves Hamas hostage deal
Israel has agreed to a deal that would see Hamas release some of the hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack. CBS News' Holly Williams and Margaret Brennan have the details.
Israel has agreed to a deal that would see Hamas release some of the hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack. CBS News' Holly Williams and Margaret Brennan have the details.
U.S. officials say a deal with Hamas to release some hostages held in Gaza is close. President Biden delayed his Tuesday departure for a Thanksgiving trip to Nantucket, Massachusetts, as talks continued. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.
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.
President Biden is monitoring developments of a possible hostage deal in the Israel-Hamas war. Israel is considering an agreement, primarily brokered by Qatar, that would involve pauses in fighting and the release of some hostages held by Hamas. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
Some citizens of Israel are speaking up against their government's approach to ground operations in the Israel-Hamas war. Ben Solomon, who has been reporting on the war for The Wall Street Journal, joins CBS News with how some Israelis are voicing their concerns after the Oct. 7 attacks.
President Biden said a deal between Israel and Hamas is potentially "very close" to becoming a reality. If approved, the agreement may lead to a limited, temporary cease-fire and the release of some hostages. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan, who is the moderator of CBS' "Face the Nation," has been speaking to sources on the potential details of the deal, and CBS News' Lilia Luciano has the latest from Israel. Also, CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the Biden administration's reaction to the negotiations.
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.
Israeli tanks have reportedly surrounded northern Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, where nearly 3,000 Palestinians are sheltering and at least 12 people were killed Monday in artillery fire, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Jerusalem.
Premature babies have been evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital following an Israeli assault on the medical facility, which the IDF claims was also being used as a Hamas base. Doctors and Gaza officials deny the claims, as Israeli forces have begun firing on another hospital in the Gaza Strip. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
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Qatar continues to play a central role in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas on potential hostage releases in exchange for a temporary cease-fire. Paul Salem, the president and CEO of the Middle East Institute, joins CBS News with more on the status of the ongoing negotiations.
Dozens of babies, along with thousands of others, were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital starting Saturday, health officials said as reports emerge of a potential Israel Defense Forces operation at Indonesian Hospital, another medical facility in Gaza. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano has details on how the babies were transported through the Rafah border crossing for medical treatment.
Israel claims Hamas used the Al-Shifa Hospital as a military command center and they say video of a tunnel underneath it is proof. And reports say Israeli troops are surrounding another hospital in Gaza where Hamas claims 700 people are sheltering. CBS News' Lilia Luciano has more on efforts to protect the most vulnerable people in the region.
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.
President Biden says the release of hostages held by Hamas remains a top priority. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Fincher told "Face the Nation" that the negotiations can be delicate. Skyler Henry has more.
More than 30 premature babies have been evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza after Israeli forces launched a ground operation inside the hospital complex. Israel on Sunday released video of what it claims are Hamas tunnels underneath the hospital complex. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
As negotiations continue between Israel and Hamas for the release of the hostages, Israel appears to be expanding its offensive from northern Gaza to the south, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were told to flee for their safety. Imtiaz Tyab reports from Jerusalem, and Marwan Al Ghoul reports from Gaza.
Dina Kawar, the Jordanian ambassador to the U.S., tells "Face the Nation" that Jordan is calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas. "Because we feel that with the Arab countries and with the Islamic countries, this is the only way forward to stop this war and to sit around the table and go back to negotiations," Kawar said.
Deputy White House National Security Adviser Jon Finer tells "Face the Nation" that coming to an agreement with Hamas to release hostages is an "extraordinarily high priority for everyone" in the Biden administration. "We believe we are closer than we have been to reaching a final agreement," Finer said, but he cautioned that "we do not yet have a final agreement in place."
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Patients, staff and displaced people left Gaza's largest hospital, health officials said, leaving behind only a skeleton crew to care for those too sick to move.
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The White House says it has intelligence that shows Hamas was using Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital as a "command and control node," according to Warren Strobel, a national security reporter at The Wall Street Journal who joins CBS News with his latest reporting on the Israel-Hamas war.
The Israel Defense Forces said the bodies of Israeli hostages Noa Marciano and Yehudit Weiss were found near the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza this week. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab obtained access into Al-Shifa and reports on the devastation he witnessed.
Israeli forces show CBS News weapons and a tunnel entrance at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, but say proof of Hamas command centers "not something you can see right now."
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