The Israeli military announced Sunday that 14 Israelis and three foreign nationals have been released from Hamas’ captivity in Gaza in the latest round of hostages to be freed amid a four-day truce agreement to pause fighting. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) posted on X, formerly Twitter, that 14 Israelis and three foreign nationals have...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said in a Sunday interview that the civilian death toll in Gaza was “unacceptable” and that he did not think it was controversial to stipulate that any aid the U.S. gave to any country be conditional on adherence to international law. Murphy doubled down on his previous remarks when pressed on...
Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday that the location of the Hamas leader believed to have planned the Oct. 7 attack in Israel is currently unknown, saying that information was likely only known by those close to him. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on...
Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said Sunday that a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas could be extended if the militant group releases more hostages than was agreed upon days earlier in a deal in which a total of 50 people are expected to be released. Israel...
2024 GOP presidential primary candidate Chris Christie slammed calls for voters to consolidate their support behind either his campaign or fellow candidate Nikki Haley’s. “This idea of people just doing math and adding up numbers, that's not the way voters vote,” in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And, so, I would...
2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that President Biden deserves credit for helping release the hostages in Gaza, but he criticized the deal as “lopsided” in favor of Hamas. “Look, I think that any time there's return of hostages, that's incredibly helpful. And President Biden and his administration has played a role...
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that he is “hopeful” that four-year-old Israeli-American hostage Abigail Idan will be released at some point, but would not specify the timing of such release. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sullivan told anchor Dana Bash that he has “reason to believe” that an...
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said 10 American hostages remain in Gaza as of Sunday, and that three of them qualify for release under the latest deal because they are women and children as anticipation builds for more hostages to be freed this weekend. Sullivan made the rounds on the Sunday political news shows as...