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![A Palestinian man fills empty bottles with sea water due to water crisis as a result of the suspension of water flow in the water pipes from Israel to the Gaza Strip in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on October 29, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_10-30-seawater-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Over 30,000 Babies in Gaza Are Drinking Contaminated Water, US State Dept Says
The State Department says 30,000 vulnerable babies under 6 months and 52,000 pregnant people are drinking dirty water.
![Angela Davis delivers remarks onstage during the Busboys And Poets 7th Anniversary Special Event at Busboys And Poets Columbia on September 07, 2022 in Columbia, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_10-30-angela-davis-400x300.jpg)
Over 140 Prominent Feminist Scholars Demand Ceasefire, End to Occupation in Gaza
The letter has been signed by prominent scholars like Angela Davis.
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18 House Members Are Backing Gaza Ceasefire Resolution in Congress
“The only way we move forward is deescalating,” says resolution cosponsor Rep. Delia Ramirez.
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WHO Chief Alarmed as Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza Faces Immediate Evacuation Threat
Israeli forces order immediate evacuation of Gaza hospital, raising concerns for patient safety.
![A child walks among the rubble of collapsed buildings after Israeli attacks on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1749698277-400x300.jpg)
Under Gaza Communications Blackout, Palestinians May Face Largest Massacres Yet
Israel cut Gazans off from each other and the world as it executed ground incursions and its largest aerial assault yet.
![A woman mourns as she holds the body of a child killed in Israeli air raids on October 28, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1761638252-400x300.jpg)
As a Gazan Daughter in Exile, I Wish I Could Be With My Loved Ones
My family are surrounded by death and destruction, doing everything they can just to survive. They are not numbers.
![Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement stage a demonstration in support of a ceasefire against the Palestinians in Gaza at the National Mall on October 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1027-ceasefire-400x300.jpg)
Jewish Voice for Peace Plans Massive Manhattan Protest to Demand Gaza Ceasefire
If it goes as planned, Jewish Voice for Peace says it will be the largest act of civil disobedience in NYC in 20 years.
![Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man during a search operation in Baita village in the occupied West Bank, on August 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1027-idf--400x300.jpg)
Israel Has 10,000 Palestinian Prisoners and Faces Allegations of Rampant Abuse
Two recently arrested Palestinian men died in Israeli prisons this week as the number of political prisoners explodes.
![Maria Turvin speaks at a vigil for Albert Garcia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/DSCF1227-400x300.jpg)
After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Deaths
San Antonio's medical examiner blames lack of data for the decision not to list heat as a cause of any deaths.
![Israeli Airstrike Injures Gaza Poet Who Inspired Great March of Return](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/guest-Abu-Artema-2019-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Airstrike Injures Gaza Poet Who Inspired Great March of Return
Ahmed Abu Artema was seriously injured in an Israeli airstrike that also killed his son and four other relatives.