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![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.
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Israeli Raid on Nasser Hospital Deepens “Public Health Nightmare” in Gaza
“Every single health care provider in the world should stand up against” these attacks, says Dr. Thaer Ahmad.
![Israel Kills Medics Trying to Save Dying 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/SEG4-Hind-Medics-Split-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills Medics Trying to Save Dying 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab
Over a dozen Palestine Red Crescent Society aid workers have been intentionally targeted during Israel’s war on Gaza.
![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.
![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.
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It’s Not Possible to Create Famine by Accident, Expert Says of Gaza Starvation
Moreover, says Alex de Waal, this humanitarian crisis “is not something that can be stopped overnight.”
![A view of destruction in the towns of al-Karameh, al-Sudaniyeh and Al-Tawam where their asphalt roads were destroyed by bulldozers and Israeli airstrikes after the Israeli army withdrew from parts of Gaza City and North Gaza for the first time since it started its ground offensive on October 27, 2023, in Gaza City, Gaza, on February 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0202_gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians Uncover Dozens Killed Execution-Style in Schoolyard in Gaza
Palestinian civilians discovered bodies blindfolded and with their legs and hands tied back.
![A Palestinian child walks through debris following Israeli bombardments on the southern part of Gaza City, Gaza, on October 16, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0201-gaza-child-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Assault Has Orphaned 19,000 Children in Gaza
All 1.1 million children in Gaza are in desperate need of mental health assistance, UNICEF says.
![Firefighters intervene after a fire breaks out following an attack on the home of the Al-Tavil family as Israeli attacks continue in Az-Zawayda within the Gaza Strip, on December 27, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0201-gaza-fire-400x300.jpg)
IDF Forces Occupy Gaza Homes and Then Burn Them Down
“Setting fire to homes belonging to noncombatant civilians … is forbidden under international law,” Haaretz points out.