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War Crimes
![Right-wing Israelis demonstrate next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba, against the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee following the October 7 attack in Israel, on July 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0730-Sde-Teiman-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Militants Riot Over Investigation Into Torture of Palestinian Prisoner
The group of protesters, which included Israeli lawmakers, demanded release of soldiers suspected of rape.
![Silhouette of a Palestinian searching for his belongings after Israeli attack struck Khadija School, which also served as a field hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on July 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0729-gaza-school-400x300.jpg)
Israel Bombs Girls’ School in Gaza, Killing 30 and Wounding Over 100
The school was sheltering roughly 4,000 Palestinians and was also acting as a field hospital.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visit Hebron, West Bank, on August 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-netanyahu-gallant-400x300.jpg)
UK Dropping Challenge to ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders Under New PM
Pro-Palestine groups lauded the move, but said Labour leaders must go further to end the UK’s complicity in genocide.
![Baby triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of dying from malnutrition and lack of medical care due to constant Israeli attacks and blockades as they take shelter in Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on March 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-gaza-hunger-400x300.jpg)
US Health Workers Back From Gaza Calculate Death Toll at 92,000 — at a Minimum
Epidemics and famine are raging across Gaza, they said, and at least 37,000 have already died of starvation.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu Vows to “Finish the Job Faster” in Gaza If US Gives Him More Weapons
It is one of the clearest statements from an official tying US military aid to Israel’s genocide yet.
![Marked UNICEF vehicles are pictured after being hit with live ammunition while waiting at a designated holding point near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_07240-unicef-gaza-400x300.jpg)
UN Convoy in Gaza Shot While Reuniting 5 Palestinian Children With Their Father
Just days ago, Israeli forces shot at another UN convoy near the same checkpoint.
![Israeli soldiers transfer detained Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip on November 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0723-idf-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Forces Post Pictures of Stripped Detained Palestinian Children Online
One social media post from December depicts a line of men and boys stripped to their underwear.
![Palestinian children wait with jerry cans to fill them with drinking water in Rafah on February 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0722-palestine-water-400x300.jpg)
Oxfam: Israel Has Reduced Water Access in Gaza by 94 Percent Since October
Israel’s attacks on water access are part of its decades-long campaign to exercise control over basic needs in 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.