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![Israeli right-wing activists scuffle with Palestinian freelance journalist Saif Kwasmi on June 5, 2024, during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0607-journalist-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Police Detain Palestinian Journalist Attacked by Settler Mob
Israeli police only intervened when they also attacked an Israeli journalist, Palestinian photographer Saif Kwasmi said.
![A view of destruction at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school sheltering thousands of people, in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza, on June 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0606-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Report: US Bombs Used in Israeli Massacre of 40 in Gaza Refugee Camp
The targeting of the UN school-turned-shelter is a “blatant” violation of international law, one UN official said.
![Palestinian ambulances are parked as clashes take place between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops during a raid on the Balata refugee camp on June 3, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0605-ambulance-400x300.jpg)
Israel Carrying Out “Unprecedented Bloodshed” in West Bank Amid Gaza Genocide
Israeli forces have killed over 500 Palestinians in the West Bank since October.
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Palestinian Lawyer Censored for “Nakba as a Legal Concept” Article Speaks Out
The board shut down the Columbia Law Review website after student editors published Rabea Eghbariah’s article.
![Relocation process for the field hospital, established by the U.S.-based International Medical Association, continues as the hospital has ceased its activities due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the surroundings in Rafah, Gaza, on June 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604_rafah-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Trapping Tens of Thousands Who Need Medical Evacuation in Gaza
Over 10,000 cancer patients are trapped in Gaza, with all pedestrian crossings now closed.
![Palestinians, including children, wait in line to receive food distributed by charitable organizations amidst Israeli attacks in Deir Al- Balah, Gaza, on May 28, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-gaza-h-400x300.jpg)
Report: Vast Majority of Children Under 5 in Gaza Going Full Days Without Food
Since Israel began its Rafah invasion, the amount of aid entering the region has dropped by two-thirds.
![Palestinians examine destroyed and damaged buildings in the east of Rafah, Gaza, on April 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0603-gaza-building-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Damaged or Destroyed More Than Half of Gaza’s Infrastructure
Israel has likely destroyed or damaged more than 137,000 structures in Gaza, according to a United Nations report.
![Protesters try to remove police barriers during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in front of Israel's Embassy to Mexico on May 28, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2154583387-400x300.jpg)
In Mexico, Solidarity With Palestine Runs Deep
Mexico's government has ties to Israel, and Indigenous communities and activists see a common cause with Palestine.
![Children sit in the shade of a sheet outside a tent at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on May 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2152603540-400x300.jpg)
UN Calls for International Aid as Sudan Faces Imminent Famine Amid Civil War
“Extreme hunger is unfolding” and funding is slow to arrive, several UN agencies warned.
![U.S. President Joe Biden announces a proposed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza while delivering remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House, on May 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2155457395-400x300.jpg)
Biden Endorses Israeli Ceasefire Plan, Refuses to Address Genocide’s Root Causes
“You cannot call for peace while sending bombs that burn children sleeping in tents,” said one advocacy group.