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![A man snaps pictures from a rooftop as thick, black smoke rises from a fire in a building caused by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0510-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Officials Vote to Expand Rafah Invasion Amid “Unspeakable” Disaster
One source said that the expansion of the invasion would cross the Biden administration’s stated “red line.”
![Israeli soldiers gather at the Erez Border Crossing between northern Gaza and Israel on February 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0510-idf-400x300.jpg)
Report: Israeli Prisons Subject Palestinians to Constant Torture, “Revenge”
“[The beatings] were not done to gather intelligence. They were done out of revenge.”
![United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Affairs Director in the West Bank Adam Bouloukos visits the agency's headquarters in east Jerusalem, where the traces of a fire are visible after Israeli extremists reportedly set ablaze the perimeter of the building on May 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0510-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Extremists Set Fire to UNRWA’s Headquarters in East Jerusalem
The agency was forced to close its compound in the occupied city after the latest attack.
![Members of a Palestinian family with children are seen around the truck they live in, which has been abandoned since fuel is not easily available as Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza, on January 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0509-gaza-t-400x300.jpg)
UN Official: Gaza Without Fuel Means Defunct Hospitals, Trash Piles, Disease
“There’s no words to describe how bad this situation is going to be without fuel,” a UNRWA official said.
![Children line up to receive a bowl of food for their families from charity organizations, in Rafah, Gaza, on May 3, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0509-rafah-400x300.jpg)
There’s Only 1 to 3 Days’ Worth of Food Left in Gaza, World Food Programme Warns
Israel’s aid blockade is threatening to dramatically accelerate the spread of famine across the region.
![Student activists set up a protest encampment in support of Palestine inside the New School on April 21, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0508-palestine-encampment-400x300.jpg)
First-Ever Faculty Gaza Solidarity Encampment Erected at The New School
The group named its encampment after Refaat Alareer, a professor whom Israel killed in December.
![Palestinians sit in the back of a truck with their packed belongings as they depart from the eastern neighborhoods of the city due to ongoing Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza, on May 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0508-rafah-t-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Blocking All Aid From Gaza, Risking Shutdown of Remaining Hospitals
All life-sustaining systems in Gaza are under threat of collapse due to Israel’s blockade.
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Plaintiffs in Abu Ghraib Torture Case Aim to Retry Case After Mistrial
The lawsuit against US military contractor CACI was brought by three Iraqi survivors of torture at the notorious prison.
![Palestinians inspect the damage around the Derby family house struck in Israeli bombardment of Rafah's Tal al-Sultan district in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0507-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Effectively Blocked After IDF Seizes Rafah Crossing
This closing of the crossing could mean the end of humanitarian aid operations in Gaza, experts warn.
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Federally Subsidized Tenants Are Being Evicted for Pot Even Where It’s Legal
Legalizing marijuana statewide while upholding a federal ban for low-income tenants only reinforces historic inequities.