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![Israeli soldiers argue with a Palestinian man after an attack by Jewish settlers in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, in which Palestinian vehicles were burned and destroyed, on June 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-gaza-ch-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Killing of Aid Workers May Force UN to Suspend Gaza Operations
Multiple UN aid agencies do work in Gaza, providing food, shelter, health care and other crucial services.
![Baby triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of dying from malnutrition and lack of medical care due to constant Israeli attacks and blockades as they take shelter in Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on March 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-gaza-400x300.jpg)
4 Children Have Died of Hunger This Week in Gaza as Half a Million Face Famine
A fifth of households in Gaza are reporting having to go days without food due to Israel’s starvation campaign.
![Workers of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees) inspect destruction after an attack carried out by Israeli army on a building belonging to the UNRWA located in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on May 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
UNRWA Only Has Funding Through August, With Emergency Appeals Underfunded
The US is one of only two countries still withholding funding to the UNRWA, the agency chief said.
![Palestinian girls attend Eid al-Adha prayers in Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip, on June 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-gaza-c-400x300.jpg)
21,000 Children Are Missing in Gaza, on Top of Over 15,000 Killed by Israel
Humanitarian groups find unaccompanied children in Gaza every day, with no safe place for them to go.
![Two kids hold signs reading "STOP KILLING CHILDREN" and "FREE PALESTINE" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-children-protest-400x300.jpg)
Woman Charged With Attempted Murder of Palestinian American Child in Texas
The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the incident was part of an increase in anti-Muslim hate since October.
![Displaced Palestinians mourn during a funeral ceremony for their relatives after Israeli airstrikes killed 25 and injured 50 people at Al-Nasr Hospital in al-Mawasi neighborhood of Rafah, Gaza, on June 21, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2158067284-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Attack on Rafah Tent Camp Kills Dozens, Wounds 50
The attack follows bombings that killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds around Rafah late last month.
![A view of a damaged floating pier, set up by the U.S. to facilitate quicker delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians, after it has been suspended due to adverse weather conditions and rising sea levels in Gaza City, Gaza, on May 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0621-pier-400x300.jpg)
US’s Gaza Pier May Soon Be Dismantled Entirely After Series of Failures
The pier has delivered, in essence, no aid to Palestinians languishing under Israel’s extermination campaign in Gaza.
![Palestinians, who fled their homes due to the Israeli attacks on Gaza, try to go on their daily lives under hard conditions in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, on June 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0621-gaza--400x300.jpg)
69 Democrats Urge Biden to Grant Refugee Status to Palestinians With Family in US
Palestinians are carved out of the 1951 Refugee Convention, and very few Palestinians have ever been let into the US.
![U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to reporters after a meeting with families and supporters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza who rallied in Tel Aviv during his visit on June 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0618-blinken-400x300.jpg)
Former Official: Biden State Department Bending US Law to Send Israel Weapons
State officials have carved out an entirely unique vetting system for Israel in US foreign assistance law.
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Israel Is Currently Imprisoning at Least 240 Children From West Bank, Group Says
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says that many children have been subjected to torture while imprisoned.