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US Bombs Syria Amid Escalating Fears of Wider Regional Conflagration
President Joe Biden directed airstrikes on two sites the Pentagon claims are used by Iranian forces.
Gaza Health System Is Hours Away From “Complete Collapse,” Officials Say
With only days or hours of fuel left, hospitals are on the verge of becoming “mass grave[s].”
Israeli Airstrikes Killed 400 in Gaza Over the Past 24 Hours
The intense bombardment comes as Israel prepares for what's expected to be a large-scale ground invasion of Gaza.
Hundreds of Staffers in Congress Demand Lawmakers Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire
Those calling for peace “have been drowned out by those beating the drums of war,” the letter writers note.
Israel Bombs South Gaza After Ordering Over 1 Million Palestinians to Flee There
“The situation is catastrophic, catastrophic, catastrophic,” said the director of a UNRWA shelter in Khan Younis.
Israeli Police Persecute, Harass Palestinian Citizens of Israel Amid War on Gaza
“It’s a witch hunt,” said one Palestinian lawyer in Jerusalem.
Christian Right Cites Violent Biblical Amalek Trope to Justify Israel’s Tactics
Many Christian Zionists are backing genocide by likening Hamas to a biblical tribe that God promised to exterminate.
Two-Thirds of American Voters Want US to Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Most members of Congress have refused to support a ceasefire in Gaza as Israel wages a genocidal war on Palestinians.
Oxfam Leader Says Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Is Worst They’ve Ever Seen
“Elsewhere, my brave colleagues would be running relief services; in Gaza today they are running for their lives.”
500 Arrested at Capitol During Jewish-Led Protest Demanding Gaza Ceasefire
The demonstration was part of a weeklong effort to demand an end to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.