Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly visited Israel on Monday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a senior U.S. military official who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. A second source involved in the matter in Israel confirmed Tuesday morning that […]
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U.S. lauds Israel for arresting 10 over West Bank settler violence as more attacks on Palestinians reported
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Tel Aviv — Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of 10 people suspected to have taken part in recent violent attacks on Palestinians, an American photojournalist and European diplomats in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The arrests come amid an avalanche of criticism, including from some senior U.S. officials, directed at Israel over repeated violent attacks […]
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U.S. ambassador to Israel calls for “arrest and prosecution” of Heidi Levine’s West Bank settler attackers
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The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned a settler attack during the olive harvest in the West Bank in which an American journalist was beaten. In a social media post on Saturday, Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine “vicious & cowardly,” citing that she is an American citizen and had […]
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A police investigation is underway after European diplomats said they were assaulted by Israeli settlers while visiting the occupied West Bank on Saturday, authorities said. Meanwhile, the prime minister’s office urged caution before “drawing conclusions,” and the reports come “amid concerns about a coordinated campaign to smear Israel.” Israeli police said they launched the investigation […]
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U.K. and Israel appear to reach tense truce, but diplomatic feud highlights Israel’s strained ties with Europe
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London and Tel Aviv — The U.K. and Israel appeared Thursday to have narrowly avoided a major diplomatic confrontation, reaching a compromise to allow Britain’s nearly 200-year-old consulate in east Jerusalem to remain open, but under a new name and with a significantly reduced staff. Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a […]
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Israel prepared for fighter jets to shoot down FlyDubai flight if necessary, Israeli sources say
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In the minutes after chaos took over FlyDubai flight 1073, Israel was prepared for fighter jets to shoot it down, according to Israeli sources. CBS News has also learned that co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, a citizen of Oman, had planned to crash the plane into Israel’s main airport. Matt Gutman reports. Israel prepared for fighter jets […]
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FlyDubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into airport, shouldn’t have been cleared to fly to Israel, sources say
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The Omani co-pilot who allegedly attempted to hijack a FlyDubai flight to Israel told interrogators in the United Arab Emirates last week that he planned the attack even before he was employed by the Emirati airline more than a year ago, according to an Israeli official. He had intended to crash the FlyDubai jet into […]
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Israel was prepared to shoot down a FlyDubai plane after the captain was attacked in the cockpit, even with over 150 Israelis on board, two Israeli sources with direct knowledge of the situation told CBS News. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain […]
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The co-pilot suspected of trying to crash flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was likely not directed by a terrorist group or a nation, Israeli sources told CBS News. For the first time, hero Capt. Smit Machchhar recounts his version of what the United Arab Emirates called a “terrorist act.” Matt Gutman reports. Israel […]
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Key Biden aide Brett McGurk on Hamas, Iran, Saudi Arabia and why U.S. nearly took “draconian measures” against Israel
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President Joe Biden was on the verge of taking “draconian measures” after an Israeli military drone strike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in the Gaza Strip in April 2024, but U.S. intelligence that Iran was about to launch an “unprecedented” aerial attack on Israel prevented Biden from moving forward, according to Brett McGurk, […]