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![An ambulance leaves an apartment hit by an Israeli airstrike in the neighborhood of Jnah on October 1, 2024, in Beirut, Lebanon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-lebanon-ambulance-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Forces Killed 28 Health Care Workers in Lebanon in 24 Hours, WHO Says
At least 40 health centers and two hospitals have been forced to close amid Israel’s assault.
![Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-abortion-po-400x300.jpg)
Over 200 Pregnant People Have Faced Criminal Charges Since the Fall of “Roe”
A new report finds abortion restrictions have led to increased surveillance and criminalization of pregnant people.
![Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, and vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, address supporters at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum on August 20, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-harris-walz-400x300.jpg)
US Backing of Israel’s War on Lebanon Deters Support for Harris in Swing States
Some Muslim constituents of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz say the vice presidential nominee hasn’t listened to their concerns.
![Left: Brittany Smith, program director for SisterSong, one of the plaintiffs in the case against the ban, attended Saturday’s vigil for Thurman and Miller. Right: Candi Miller with her husband, Alex Cardenas; son Christian; and daughter Turiya, whom she named after her sister.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-justice-for-candi-b-400x300.jpg)
Judge Strikes Down Georgia Abortion Ban After 2 Women Die Unable to Access Care
While Georgia quickly appealed the decision, providers now have a legal respite to offer abortion care after six weeks.
![Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the town of Khiam on October 3, 2024, near Marjaayoun, Lebanon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-lebanon-airstrike-b-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills US Citizen Kamel Jawad in Bombing of Lebanon
Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad’s family said he spent his last days helping victims of Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.
![New Documentary Spotlights the Victims of Israel's Starvation Campaign in Gaza](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/Seg2-starvingGazatitle-400x300.jpg)
New Documentary Spotlights the Victims of Israel’s Starvation Campaign in Gaza
Al Jazeera worked with Palestinian journalists in Gaza to document the families facing a famine aided by US weapons.
![TEHRAN, IRAN - OCTOBER 2: A banner depicting Hassan Nasrallah, a Lebanese politician and cleric who served as the secretary-general of Hezbollah for 32 years, on October 2, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. He was killed in the southern suburbs of Beirut by an Israeli airstrike.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-hezbollah-400x300.jpg)
Minister Says Hezbollah Head Agreed to Ceasefire Hours Before Israel Killed Him
Israel has a long history of assassinating figures key to ceasefire talks.
![California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a press conference with Secretary of State Shirley Weber in Los Angeles on April 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-rob-bonta-400x300.jpg)
California Sues Catholic Hospital for Denying Woman Necessary Abortion Care
The hospital's abortion policy is “reminiscent of heartbeat laws in extremist red states,” the attorney general said.
![Then-President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Bombshell New Motion Lays Out Legal Case for Trump’s Culpability on January 6
Special Counsel Jack Smith argues presidential immunity does not apply because Trump was acting as a private citizen.
![Members of the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace join others in protesting President Joe Biden's visit to Manhattan and calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on February 7, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1003-jvp-400x300.jpg)
We Charge Genocide: The Shofar Calls Us to Account on Rosh Hashanah
In the Jewish new year, we must confront the carnage that Zionism has wrought.