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![Relatives of Palestinians who died in Israeli attacks mourn as bodies of those killed are brought to the morgue of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on December 27, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0216-nasser--400x300.jpg)
Power Outage at Hospital IDF Stormed Kills at Least 5 Oxygen-Dependent Patients
Israel has only allowed limited fuel into Gaza, forcing many of the territory's hospitals to shut down.
![Palestinian children wait in line to receive food prepared by volunteers for Palestinian families displaced to Southern Gaza due to Israeli attacks, between rubble of destroyed buildings in Rafah, Gaza, on February 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0215_rafah-400x300.jpg)
Famine Expert: Israel’s Starvation of Gaza Has No Parallel in Modern Times
“The speed of deterioration of humanitarian conditions is absolutely terrifying,” the expert said.
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Biden Urges House to Approve Bill With $14B to Israel and Cuts to UNRWA Funding
Foreign policy expert William Hartung says the package’s main effect would be “to ship weapons overseas into war zones.”
![A Palestinian student walks out of a UNRWA school with a lunchbox in her hand at al-Am'ari Refugee Camp after funding cuts to UNRWA in Ramallah, West Bank, on February 3, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0215-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Ireland Pledges $21M for UNRWA, Slams Israel’s “Disinformation Campaign”
Roughly 70 percent of aid to the UNRWA has been suspended by countries like the US and Germany.
![A Palestinian father mourns for his child, who died following an Israeli attack, as bodies of the deceased are brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on January 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0215-nasser-hospital-400x300.jpg)
IDF Storms Nasser Hospital, Killing at Least 1 and Injuring Many More
Many cannot evacuate and others worry that Israeli forces will shoot them if they try to leave.
![A woman inspects the destroyed building of Palestinian journalist Adel Zorob, who was killed overnight in an Israeli bombardment, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 19, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0214-rafah-a-400x300.jpg)
As Israel Raids Rafah, Lemkin Institute Says Biden Is “Complicit in Genocide”
The group said Biden officials may be “remembered as the principal enablers of one of the worst genocides” this century.
![President Joe Biden speaks at the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant on November 17, 2021, in Detroit, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0214-biden-d-400x300.jpg)
Michigan Campaign to Vote “Uncommitted” Grows as Biden Continues Israel Support
Organizers are hoping to send a powerful message to Biden as he continues to back Israel’s genocidal assault.
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Civil Rights Lawyer: War on Palestinians Extends to Those With US Citizenship
US inaction sends a message that Israel can even target Palestinian Americans with impunity, says Edward Ahmed Mitchell.
![A low-angle view of Joe Biden standing at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0214-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Crackdown on Palestinian Solidarity Exceeds Reagan-Era Activist Repression
Efforts to silence and intimidate human rights activists must be challenged, no matter who is perpetrating them.
![This picture taken during a media tour organized by the Israeli army on February 8, 2024, shows an Israeli soldier standing in an evacuated compound of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0214-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
UNRWA Head Says Agency Fired Employees Accused by Israel Without Proof of Claims
Countries defunding the agency have cited the terminations as proof of Israel’s allegations.