Play video content TMZ.com Israel has U.S. citizens trapped within its borders, including a mother of 3 who is doing everything she can to keep her young children safe as the Hamas attacks continue. Daniella joined us Monday on “TMZ Live” from Jerusalem, where she’s been forced to stay put — with her 9-year-old, 6-year-old, … Read more
Arbel Ashkenazy attended the Supernova festival on Friday night, a desert rave that coincided with the start of the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which celebrates the fall harvest and commemorates the Old Testament story of the Jewish people wandering in the desert for 40 years after escaping slavery in Egypt. The festival featured Brazilian … Read more
ROME — The Vatican secretary of state on Monday strongly defended World War II-era Pope Pius XII as a friend of the Jews as he opened an historic conference on newly opened archives that featured even Holy See historians acknowledging that anti-Jewish prejudice informed Pius’ silence in the face of the Holocaust. Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Monday that at least nine American citizens have been killed in the weekend Hamas attacks on Israel, raising the toll from four. It says an undetermined number of American citizens remain missing and unaccounted for. On Sunday, an official said that number was fluid and had ranged from between … Read more
Israel declared war against Hamas on Sunday following a surprise attack by the Palestinian militant group based in Gaza that included the taking of military and civilian hostages. Israeli security forces, caught off-guard, have pounded Gaza with retaliatory strikes, and U.S. officials said they expect Israel to soon launch a ground incursion into Gaza as … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military scoured the country’s south for Hamas fighters and guarded breaches in its border fence with tanks on Monday, as it pounded the Gaza Strip from the air and mustered for a campaign its prime minister said would destroy “the military and governing capabilities” of the militant group. More than two days … Read more
Comment on this storyComment The sound of air raid sirens reverberated through southern Israel again on Sunday, a day after an unprecedented attack took Israeli security forces by surprise. Palestinian militants — including from Hamas — launched more than 3,000 rockets, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in an update Sunday. About 650 of them … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday, as it pounded the Gaza Strip from the air and mustered for a campaign its prime minister said would destroy “the military and governing capabilities” of the militant group. Civilians paid a high price on both sides. … Read more
Lights illuminate the processing plant at the Persian Gulf Star Co. (PGSPC) gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Wednesday, Jan. 9. 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices jumped 4% as the Israel-Hamas conflict extended into its third day following a surprise attack on Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas. Global benchmark … Read more
A Now Hiring sign hangs at a Tire Kingdom store on December 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like … Read more