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![Gaza Physician: Israel Is Targeting Doctors and Health Facilities](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/seg2-building-destroyed-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Targeting Doctors and Health Facilities, Says Gaza Physician
Israeli airstrikes have reportedly damaged at least 18 hospitals and clinics according to the World Health Organization.
![Israeli security forces stand guard outside an Israeli settler house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on May 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0518-israel-security-settlement-400x300.jpg)
The Entire US Tax Code Is Implicated in the Forced Displacement of Palestinians
Israeli settlements are supported by millions in U.S. tax-exempt donations funneled through corporations and nonprofits.
![People walk past destroyed commercial building and Gaza health care clinic following an Israeli airstrike on the upper floors of a commercial building near the Health Ministry in Gaza City on May 17, 2021, in Gaza City, Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021-0518-gaza-clinic-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Airstrikes Damage Gaza’s Only COVID Testing Lab
The attack rendered the testing facility inoperable and disrupted the territory's ability to administer COVID vaccines.
![Then-Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are pictured with along with a F-16 jet releasing Joint Direct Attack Munitions](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0517-biden-netanyahu-airstrike-400x300.jpg)
Biden Push for $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Onslaught Sparks Outrage
The Biden admin notified Congress of the sale on May 5, just days before Israeli forces began their bombardment of Gaza.
![Noor Alshaer pictured with Gaza skyline smoking from airstrike](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0517-gaza-noor-alshaer-400x300.jpg)
Gaza Student: An Israeli Bomb Killed My Pregnant Cousin. The US Is Complicit.
Truthout spoke with Nour Alshaer in Gaza, where she is trapped in her family’s home as airstrikes continue.
![UNRWA Condemns Israeli Bombing of Gaza Refugee Camp, Killing Family of 10](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/seg2-civilian-400x300.jpg)
UN Relief Agency Condemns Israeli Bombing of Gaza Refugee Camp
Israel's bombardment of Gaza has already claimed at least 200 lives.
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US Jews Have Never Been a Monolith When It Comes to Support for Israel
The president who helped create Israel was a bigot — and we've been confused about the “Jewish vote” ever since.
![A thick column of smoke rises from the Al-Jalaa building as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on May 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232902245-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Bombs Destroy Gaza Media Center, Take Out AP, Al Jazeera and Others
Israel destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed media outlets on Saturday.
![A demonstrator raises a hand with the victory gesture while holding a Palestinian flag outside the Haifa District Court in Israel's northern Mediterranean coastal city on February 27, 2021, during a protest by Arab Israelis in solidarity with Palestinians.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1231419606-400x300.jpg)
Protests Across Israel Signal Growing Palestinian Solidarity
More Palestinian citizens identify themselves as belonging to one people collectively resisting settler-colonial rule.
![Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0514-rashida-tlaib-400x300.jpg)
Rashida Tlaib Condemns Israeli Apartheid, Saying “It Must End”
The lawmakers sharply criticized U.S. lawmakers for sending aid to Israel, which oppresses and kills Palestinians.