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![Soldiers with the Israeli Defense Forces are pictured near the Gaza border on May 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-idf-400x300.jpg)
IDF Gave Orders to Kill Fellow IDF Soldiers on October 7, Israeli Outlet Reports
Soldiers were told to stop vehicles potentially carrying Israeli soldiers or civilians at all costs.
![People walk past rubble and damaged buildings in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on July 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Researchers Estimate True Gaza Death Toll at 186,000 or More
The official death toll is currently just over 38,000, but it is impossible for officials to do a full accounting.
![Palestinians children sitting in the rubble of a UN school in Gaza where they are taking shelter, on March 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2054150686-400x300.jpg)
Israel Bombs Yet Another UN School in Gaza as It Enters Month 10 of Genocide
The strike killed 16 and injured 75, including children. Israel has destroyed or damaged 80 percent of Gaza's schools.
![Fatma Hijazi, the mother of 10-year-old Palestinian Mustafa Hijazi, who died due to malnutrition and lack of medication, and her relatives mourn in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on June 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2156832303-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Campaign of Starvation in Gaza Has Palestinians Eating Weeds to Survive
The enforced famine continues to worsen as Israel blocks aid. Children and the elderly are suffering the hardest.
![A view of damage in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis after Israeli army's withdrawal in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0705-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Current Population of Gaza Is 200k Lower Than Projected 2.3 Million, UN Finds
The sharp decline is reflective of the speed and brutality of Israel’s genocidal siege and ethnic cleansing.
![Palestinians are transported to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after being released from more than seven months of detention by the Israeli army, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on July 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0705-detainees-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Treatment Described by Freed Gaza Detainees Violates International Law
Released Palestinians say they experienced torture behind bars, including frequent beatings and sleep deprivation.
![People inside of a shop try to take videos of a nearby protest as a cop stands in their way](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-cuny-protest-400x300.jpg)
Consequences of CUNY Encampment Felony Charges Extend Far Beyond Campus
If the students are convicted, it would set a precedent for prosecuting pro-Palestinian organizers across the US.
![Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis arrive to the city as they flee after the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Forcibly Displaced 1.9 Million Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s assault has displaced over 1 million people just since May, a UN human rights official said.
![A woman carries a child as she walks past buildings destroyed during previous Israeli military fire on the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab, near the border with northern Israel, on June 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-lebanon-400x300.jpg)
As Israel Refuses to End Genocide in Gaza, Threat of War With Hezbollah Looms
Experts examine Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calculations and the politics of risking wider war.
![Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya embraces a woman in a beige hijab as supporters surround them](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0701-mohammed-abu-salmiya-400x300.jpg)
Released Gaza Hospital Director Says He Was Tortured in Israeli Detention
Muhammad Abu Salmiya said he and others experienced torture, psychological humiliation and severe undernourishment.