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![Palestinians inspect a damaged house after Israeli warplanes bombed buildings in Rafah, on May 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0506-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Israel Orders Evacuation in Rafah, Hours After Raiding Al Jazeera Offices
“The biggest genocide will take place, the biggest catastrophe will take place in Rafah,” one Palestinian said.
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Children in Gaza Are Suffering From Prolonged Trauma and Starvation, Doctor Says
Walid Masoud of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund discusses the conditions among the besieged population.
![Children in Rafah queue 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/GettyImages-2150689784-400x300.jpg)
UN Food Chief Warns Famine Is Underway in Northern Gaza — and It’s Headed South
Dozens have already died of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza, the vast majority of them children and infants.
![A pro-Palestinian activist holds up a sign reading 'From The River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free' during a sit-down protest inside Charing Cross railway station to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on November 4, 2023, in London, United Kingdom.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1767735727-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Buy the Right-Wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea”
This phrase was never about killing Jews. It emerged in the 1960s as a call for equal rights within a democratic state.
![Palestinians, including children, collect remaining belongings from the rubble of destroyed houses after Israeli attacks on the house belonging to the Abu Gali family as Israeli attacks continue on Gaza Strip on May 1, 2024, in Rafah, Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-rafah-400x300.jpg)
As Israel Vows “Annihilation” of Rafah, Democrats Urge Biden to Withhold Aid
The lawmakers say Biden must withhold weapons that could be used for an assault on Rafah.
![A Palestinian woman walks past the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli bombardments, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0430-gaza-a-400x300.jpg)
Amnesty International: Israel Repeatedly Committed War Crimes With US Weapons
The human rights group called on the US to immediately suspend arms shipments to Israel.
![Dozens of people are arrested by the Indiana State Police riot squad during a pro-Palestinian protest on campus in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0430-arrests-400x300.jpg)
Top UN Human Rights Official Raises Alarm Over Repression of Student Protests
Over 1,200 protesters have been arrested across dozens of campuses just over the past two weeks.
![A group of Columbia University students, advocating for Palestinians, access the iconic Hamilton Hall building as they gather to stage a demonstration at the campus in New York, United States on April 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0430-hinds-hall-400x300.jpg)
Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy University Hall After Columbia Refuses to Divest
Protesters renamed the building “Hind’s Hall” after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza.
![Palestinians, returning to Khan Yunis, are viewed around the wreckage, in Khan Yunis of Gaza on April 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0429-gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
UN Official Says Clearing Gaza of Unexploded Bombs Could Take 14 Years
There is currently 40 million tons of debris in Gaza, a UN Mine Action Service official said.
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Activists in Freedom Flotilla Blocked From Sailing to Gaza
“If Israel thinks that this is the end of our effort … they are sadly mistaken,” says one organizer of the flotilla.