New cease-fire talks underway in bid to end Israel-Hamas war – CBS News Watch CBS News Mediators were meeting in Qatar Thursday for a fresh round of cease-fire talks in an effort to bring an end to the Israel-Hamas war and curb rising tensions in the Middle East. Ramy Inocencio has the latest from Tel … Read more
International mediators began a new round of talks in Qatar on Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a potential deal seen as the best hope of heading off an even larger regional conflict. The talks come as Gaza’s Hamas-run ministry of health said that more … Read more
Ukraine’s gold medal-winning boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak gave a military salute to the crowd gathered to celebrate his return to the war-torn country from the Paris Olympics. Stepping out of the special Olympic Express train at Kyiv’s central railway station, Khyzhniak, 29, greeted fans, friends and family. The athlete from Poltava is also a serviceman of … Read more
Scott Anderson served in the U.S. Army for 21 years. He’s now the director of UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. It provides key infrastructure and social services for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Anderson, who served in Afghanistan, described the destruction in Gaza, saying nothing prepared him … Read more
The White House says Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks are “close,” amid fears of a widening Middle East war following high-profile assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders. Israel launched a rare airstrike on Lebanon’s capital of Beirut on July 30, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, a close advisor to Hezbollah’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. A day later, the … Read more
Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 18 people in Gaza, including four who were sheltering in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex, while a stabbing attack carried out by a man who police say was a Palestinian militant killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb. Tensions have soared following nearly 10 … Read more
The fallout from the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has left the Middle East on edge, with fears that Israel’s long-running hostilities with Iran and its proxies could intensify into a wider war. Debora Patta reports from Jerusalem.