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![Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, queue to receive food distributed by aid organizations on March 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0515-gaza-hunger-400x300.jpg)
US Holds “Direct Complicity” in Gaza Famine, Former and Current US Officials Say
“I believe the U.S. to be complicit in creating the conditions for famine,” one USAID staffer said.
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Like Many Palestinians, US Medical Workers Now Trapped in Gaza Face Dehydration
Adam Hamawy is one of around 20 American medical workers trapped in Gaza after Israel closed the Rafah border crossing.
![A boy strings up lights in his tent for Eid](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0515-eid-lights-400x300.jpg)
This Nakba Day, Palestinians Remind the World We Will Not Be Erased
Palestine’s Nakba has gone on for 76 years, but even in my nightmares, I never imagined the carnage currently unfolding.
![Two wounded children are seen with bandages on their heads after being brought to the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital and treated following an Israeli attack hit the Maghazi Camp area in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, on May 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0514-gaza-h-400x300.jpg)
Palestinian Health Minister: 80 Percent of Health Centers in Gaza Have Shut Down
Neither northern Gaza nor Israel’s “humanitarian zone” in southern Gaza have functioning hospitals.
![Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir greets supporters as he arrives to join a protest calling for the continuation of the war efforts, near the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0514-ben-gvir-400x300.jpg)
Top Israeli Official Calls for Israeli Settlement of Gaza in Chilling Remarks
Ben-Gvir called for the “voluntary departure” of Palestinians from Gaza — a euphemism for ethnic cleansing.
![Residents inspect the damaged vehicle damaged vehicle carrying Western employees after Israeli attack in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on April 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05_14-world-central-kitchen-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Report: Israel Has Bombed Known Aid Worker Sites in Gaza at Least 8 Times
At least one of the incidents involved what is likely a U.S.-made aircraft and bomb kit, aid groups say.
![Displaced Palestinian families live in tents in the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah, situated south of the Gaza Strip and near the border with Egypt, on December 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0513-al-mawasi-400x300.jpg)
Oxfam Report: Conditions “Ripe” for Cholera, Hepatitis A Outbreak in Gaza
The water and sanitation systems are close to “total collapse,” an official warned.
![Following the Israeli army's ground incursions into certain neighborhoods east of Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinians residing in the area continue to migrate from the eastern neighborhoods of the city towards the west of Khan Yunis on May 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0513-rafah-w-400x300.jpg)
Army Major and Pentagon Officer Resigns Over US Support of Gaza Genocide
“At some point … you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not,” he said.
![People walk past the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza on March 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0513-jabali-400x300.jpg)
Israel Orders Evacuations in North and South Gaza as Deaths Top 35,000
Israeli forces are intensifying their campaigns across the strip, unleashing what some say are the worst bombings yet.
![Palestinians inspect the destroyed buildings in Ez-Zawayda area after the Israeli attack in the central part of Gaza targeted the town of Ez-Zawayda and the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, resulting in numerous casualties in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on May 11, 2024. It is reported that 20 people, including children and babies, were killed and many others injured in the Israeli attacks on Maghazi Camp and Az Zawayda areas in the central Gaza Strip.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151923968-400x300.jpg)
Delayed State Dept. Report Covers for Israeli Crimes Committed With US Arms
The long-awaited report, which the Biden admin buried in a “Friday news dump,” accepts Israel's flimsy assurances.