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![Rescuers arrive at the scene of a giant fire at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162258066-400x300.jpg)
Israel Bombs Yemen After Houthis Claim Responsibility for Tel Aviv Drone Attack
A Houthi spokesman said Israel aims to “deepen people’s suffering and to pressure Yemen to stop supporting Gaza.”
![An Israeli soldier gestures from an armored personnel carrier on the border with the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2161807701-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Soldiers Flaunt War Crimes Online. Why Aren’t They Held Accountable?
In video after video, soldiers document their atrocities, marking a new era of impunity.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference on June 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2156070501-400x300.jpg)
Rights Group Urges DOJ to Investigate Netanyahu for Genocide
The Center for Constitutional Rights called for the probe ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, DC next week.
![Demonstrators gather outside the Peace Palace, home of the International Court of Justice, to demand a ceasefire and show support for Palestine and Nicarague, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0719-icj-400x300.jpg)
ICJ Tells Israel to End Occupation of Palestinian Territories, Pay Reparations
In an advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice reaffirmed the Palestinian right to self-determination.
![Two Palestinian boys walk past stagnant pools of water in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0719-gaza-water-400x300.jpg)
Public Health Authorities Raise Alarm as Poliovirus Is Found in Gaza Sewage
Combating any infectious diseases will present challenges for Gaza's largely destroyed health care system.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the U.S. Secretary of State gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry, after their meeting in Tel Aviv on October 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
230 Congressional Staffers Urge Lawmakers to Boycott Netanyahu Speech
The letter represented staffers working across 122 Democratic and Republican offices on Capitol Hill.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and then-Minister of Jerusalem and Environmental Protection Zeev Elkin attend a special cabinet meeting marking Jerusalem Day, at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on May 13, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-elkin-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Lawmakers Vote Against Palestinian Statehood Before Netanyahu’s US Trip
A resolution opposing “the establishment of a Palestinian state” west of the Jordan River passed in the Knesset 68-9.
![Palestinians look for loved ones in the debris of tents and make shift homes, following an Israeli military strike on the al-Mawasi camp for internally displaced people near the city of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip on July 13, 2024, in which 71 people were killed.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0717-al-mawasi-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Attacked Gaza “Safe Zone” at Least 10 Times Since Rafah Invasion
The attacks started as early as just two weeks after Israel forced Palestinians to flee to the area.
![An activist settler group of dozens of people, holding Israeli flags, gather at the exit of Ashdod Port near the Gaza Strip and block trucks carrying aid to Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, Israel, on February 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0717-israeli-settlers-400x300.jpg)
Report: US Allows Tax Incentives for Donations to Israeli Groups Blocking Aid
Three groups, including one sanctioned by the U.S., have raised $200k in tax deductible donations.
![President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-joe-biden-f-400x300.jpg)
Biden Says He’s Done “More” for Palestinians “Than Anybody” as He Backs Genocide
Israel’s genocide, underwritten largely by Biden, has killed at least 39,000 Palestinians so far — but likely far more.