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![Security footage shows Israeli forces disguised as civilians and medical staff during a raid on Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank, on January 30, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0130-hospital-400x300.jpg)
Disguised Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Hospital and Assassinate 3 People
Hospitals have special protections under international law, but Israel has treated them as legitimate targets.
![Workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) hand out flour rations and other supplies to people at an UNRWA warehouse in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0129-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
11 Countries Suspend Funds for Palestine’s Primary Aid Group as Gaza Starves
The suspension immediately follows the ICJ’s finding that it’s plausible that Israel is committing genocide.
![The International Court of Justice delivers an order on South Africa's genocide case against Israel on January 26, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0126-icj-400x300.jpg)
ICJ Finds It’s “Plausible” That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Initial Ruling
Advocates said that the ruling is a good first step, but it needed to include a ceasefire order.
![Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at a news conference calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol building on November 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0123_ayanna-pressley-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Ask Blinken to Clarify If US Supports Forced Transfer of Palestinians
Biden officials say in public they oppose some Israeli policies — but they still offer full support in practice.
![A tank belonging to the Israeli army moving along the Gaza border is pictured on January 17, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0123-idf-tank-400x300.jpg)
21 Israeli Soldiers Killed After IDF-Planted Mines in 2 Gaza Buildings Detonate
The IDF used mines to blow up a university in northern Gaza last week, drawing international outrage.
![Members of the South African legal team speak to the press](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0122-south-africa-international-400x300.jpg)
Will World Court’s Ruling in Genocide Case Signal the End of International Law?
A credibility crisis with sharp consequences could result if the court rules in favor of Israel, despite the evidence.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders talks with reporters after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on November 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0122-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: Biden Must Stop Israel Aid After Netanyahu Vow to Nix Palestinian State
Netanyahu “has made his position clear: He will never allow a Palestinian state, ever,” Sanders emphasized.
![Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during his visit to an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle center, at the Palmachim Airbase near the city of Rishon LeZion on July 5, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0118-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu Says Israel’s Goal Is to Wipe Out All Possibility of Palestinian State
This is one of Netanyahu’s clearest statements yet about his goals for Palestine amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
![Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment on January 18, 2024, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0118-gaza-m-400x300.jpg)
Miscarriages in Gaza Have Skyrocketed by 300 Percent Under Israel’s Siege
Every pregnant person in Gaza is at risk of having to undergo delivery in unsafe conditions.
![An Israeli forces bulldozer drives down a road during a raid on al-Faraa camp for Palestinian refugees near Tubas city in the occupied West Bank on January 13, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-bulldozer-400x300.jpg)
Footage Reportedly Shows Israel Bulldozing Cemetery in Gaza, Exhuming Bodies
Israeli forces have been razing cemeteries and stealing hundreds of bodies buried in them, aid groups report.