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![A view of the destruction as a result of Israeli attacks at the UNRWA headquarters, which provides assistance to millions of Palestinians and is affiliated with the United Nations in Gaza City, Gaza, on February 21, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0223_unrwa-400x300.jpg)
UNRWA Has Reached “Breaking Point” Due to Israel’s Attacks, Agency Chief Says
Israeli officials have thus far refused to provide any evidence of their claims against the agency, he said.
![Jewish Voice for Peace protesters and their allies, many holding signs, demonstrate outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) headquarters in New York City on February 22, 2024, calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0223-aipac-400x300.jpg)
Jewish Voice for Peace Demands Gaza Ceasefire Outside AIPAC’s NYC Headquarters
“We refuse to let AIPAC speak in our name as Jews,” one demonstrator said.
![People mourn while standing in destruction caused by overnight Israeli bombardment in Deir Balah in the central Gaza Strip on February 23, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0223_gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu’s Postwar Plan Would End UNRWA and Fully Control Demilitarized Gaza
Meanwhile, United Nations experts are urging countries to stop arming Israel.
![A Palestinian child sits among the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza, on February 21, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0222-gaza-y-400x300.jpg)
Doctors Without Borders Slams US for Ceasefire Veto in Devastating UN Address
Children as young as five years old have told aid workers they want to die, Doctors Without Borders’ chief said.
![Palestinian women and children look on as they stand at the structure of a heavily damaged building on February 22, 2024, following overnight Israeli air strikes in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0222_gaza-2-400x300.jpg)
“Gaza Has Become a Death Zone,” World Health Organization Director Warns
Officials have warned that Israel’s starvation campaign threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
![Palestinians inspect the area after Israeli attacks destroyed Al-Farooq Mosque completely and damaged buildings heavily in Al-Shabura neighborhood, Rafah, Gaza, on February 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0222-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Rafah Residents Call Latest Israeli Attacks “One of Their Worst Nights Yet”
Airstrikes destroyed a mosque and several houses as aid groups warn of a looming famine.
![Rep. Andrew Ogles arrives for a House Republican Conference at the Longworth House Office Building on October 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0221-andrew-ogles-400x300.jpg)
Republican House Rep. Andrew Ogles on Gaza: “We Should Kill Them All”
Rep. Andy Ogles made the remark in response to an advocate who brought up Israeli forces killing Palestinian children.
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Israel Fired on UNRWA Food Convoy in Gaza After Approving Its Aid Route
Attacks on aid convoys and those waiting for aid come as Gaza as a whole faces the threat of famine.
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Leaders Condemn Israel’s War on Gaza at African Union Summit
Kenyan writer and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola explains the long history of African solidarity with Palestine.
![U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield casts a veto vote during a UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas war, at UN Headquarters in New York City on February 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0220-un-400x300.jpg)
With 700K on Verge of Starving to Death in Gaza, US Vetoes Ceasefire Yet Again
Gaza officials have warned that 700,000 Palestinians in the north are at risk of death by Israel’s starvation.