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![World Food Program (WFP) distributes food aid after a five-month gap in Gaza City, Gaza, on April 17, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0829-wfp-400x300.jpg)
UN Food Agency Suspends Movement in Gaza After Israeli Forces Shoot at Workers
On Tuesday, Israeli forces shot a clearly marked WFP vehicle 10 times as it approached an Israeli checkpoint.
![U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces emplace the Trident Pier, May 16, 2024, on the Gaza coast.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0828-gaza-pier-400x300.jpg)
Watchdog: US Officials Swept Aside Aid Group Concerns in Gaza Aid Pier Planning
The report finds US officials decided against WFP’s requirement for the pier location after consulting Israeli forces.
![Sen. Bob Mendez speaks at an AIPAC conference](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0828-aipac-stage-400x300.jpg)
AIPAC Planned to Spend $100M on Elections This Year. It Already Surpassed That.
AIPAC money has already helped pro-Israel Democrats defeat two of the most vocal opponents of Israel's war on Gaza.
![Officials of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) play with the children who were adversely affected by Israeli attacks near a school for Palestinian refugees in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0827-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Government Is Buying Attack Ads Under Google Searches for “UNRWA”
Users searching for “UNRWA” or “UNRWA USA” have been served a link to Israel’s government website vilifying the agency.
![A Palestinian woman, who specializes in conservation, restoring and digitizing manuscripts and rare books, works at a laboratory within the Eyes on Heritage institute, in Gaza City, on July 10, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0827-books-400x300.jpg)
Librarians Resist Israel’s Efforts to Destroy Palestinian Cultural Heritage
A global network of librarians and archivists is organizing in solidarity with their Palestinian colleagues.
![Palestinians watch the smoke rising after the Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on August 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0826-gaza-sm-400x300.jpg)
US Has Sent Israel Over 600 Weapons Shipments Since October
The US has delivered over 50,000 tons of military equipment to Israel just over the past 10 months.
![New Report Reveals Torture of Palestinian Health Care Workers in Israeli Prisons](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/seg1-prisoner-ofer-prison-400x300.jpg)
New Report Reveals Torture of Palestinian Health Care Workers in Israeli Prisons
Doctors, paramedics and nurses say they suffered beatings, starvation, electric shocks, and other forms of abuse.
![People clear out rubble from bombed building in the Jabalia refugee camp](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0826-jabalia-camp-400x300.jpg)
Israel Used US Arms to Commit at Least 20 Likely War Crimes Since October 7
These incidents represent just a small fraction of potential war crimes committed with US-provided weapons.
![Palestinian women and children sit in the back of a vehicle as they flee Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 21, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0826-gaza-evacuation-400x300.jpg)
UN Forced to Suspend All Operations Across Gaza Due to Israel’s Evacuations
Israel’s evacuation orders and ground assault have made it nearly impossible for aid groups to move around.
![Palestinians watch as smoke rises from a building hit by an Israeli strike after a warning from the army to its occupants to evacuate the premises, in the Rimal neighbourhood of central Gaza City on August 21, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0826-gaza-s-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Forcing One of the Last Remaining Hospitals in Gaza to Evacuate
Israel has vowed “aggressive” military action in areas surrounding the hospital.