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![An injured Palestinian boy awaits treatment at the Kuwaiti hospital following Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05-17-gaza-boy-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Blocked Medical Supplies From Gaza for 10 Days, WHO Says
Aid workers have warned that all health facilities in Gaza are at risk of shutdown because of Israel’s fuel prohibition.
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Columbia Journalism Award Recipient: Resist Normalization of Evil and Injustice
Amira Hass discusses Israel’s recent censorship of Al Jazeera, its maintenance of a strict apartheid system, and more.
![Palestinians are checking the damage in a house that was destroyed by an overnight Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05-17-airstrike-gaza-400x300.jpg)
16 House Democrats Vote to Pass Bill Barring Pausing of Israel Arms Shipments
Critics say the bill is a severe overcorrection to Biden’s weapons pause which is likely ineffectual anyways.
![Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela (C), Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Zane Dangor (R) and Palestinian Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Ammar Hijazi (L) speak following a hearing on South Africa's request for additional provisional measures against Israel at the International Court of Justice in on May 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05-16-icj-rafah-400x300.jpg)
South Africa Warns ICJ Israel’s Genocide Has “Reached a New and Horrific Stage”
Rafah is the “last stage of total annihilation,” South Africa’s team warned, urging the ICJ to order a ceasefire.
![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a ceasefire in Gaza during a protest as part of the "People's White House Ceasefire Now Iftar” outside the White House on April 2, 2024 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05-16-white-house-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Jewish Biden Appointee Resigns Over US’s “Disastrous” Backing of Gaza Genocide
Lily Greenberg Call said her Jewish background is what compels her to take a stand against the administration.
![Students for Justice in Palestine rally with speeches, signs and demands at Cal State LA in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05-16-csu-palestine-protest-400x300.jpg)
CSU Punishes University President for Conceding to Student Protesters’ Demands
The California State University system cited “insubordination” as the reason for the harsh punishment.
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Israeli Settlers Destroy Food and Damage Trucks in Gaza Aid Convoy
Israeli lawyer Sapir Sluzker Amran, who documented the attack, says soldiers stood by during the attack.
![Police break through barricades set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an encampment as smoke rises at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151149170-400x300.jpg)
Medics Say Police Weapons Drew Blood and Cracked Bones at UCLA Protest
One witness said some protesters required not just a visit to the emergency room, but actual hospitalization.
![Palestinian truck drivers and United Nations vehicles wait near the Rafah border gate on the Gazan side to cross the Egyptian side after the Israeli army took control of the Rafah Border Gate and announced that it would close all entrances and exits, including the entrance of aid supplies, during the Israeli operations in Rafah, Gaza, on May 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0515-gaza-aid-400x300.jpg)
The UN Has Run Out of Food and Tents in Southern and Central Gaza
The warehouses serving 2 million Palestinians in Gaza — nearly the entire population — are now empty.
![Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, queue to receive food distributed by aid organizations on March 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0515-gaza-hunger-400x300.jpg)
US Holds “Direct Complicity” in Gaza Famine, Former and Current US Officials Say
“I believe the U.S. to be complicit in creating the conditions for famine,” one USAID staffer said.