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![Residents inspect the damaged vehicle damaged vehicle carrying Western employees after Israeli attack in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on April 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05_14-world-central-kitchen-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Report: Israel Has Bombed Known Aid Worker Sites in Gaza at Least 8 Times
At least one of the incidents involved what is likely a U.S.-made aircraft and bomb kit, aid groups say.
![Israeli soldiers gather at the Erez Border Crossing between northern Gaza and Israel on February 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0510-idf-400x300.jpg)
Report: Israeli Prisons Subject Palestinians to Constant Torture, “Revenge”
“[The beatings] were not done to gather intelligence. They were done out of revenge.”
![Children line up to receive a bowl of food for their families from charity organizations, in Rafah, Gaza, on May 3, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0509-rafah-400x300.jpg)
There’s Only 1 to 3 Days’ Worth of Food Left in Gaza, World Food Programme Warns
Israel’s aid blockade is threatening to dramatically accelerate the spread of famine across the region.
![Palestinians sit in the back of a truck with their packed belongings as they depart from the eastern neighborhoods of the city due to ongoing Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza, on May 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0508-rafah-t-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Blocking All Aid From Gaza, Risking Shutdown of Remaining Hospitals
All life-sustaining systems in Gaza are under threat of collapse due to Israel’s blockade.
![A boy stands before an impact crater at the site of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0508-gaza-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Amid Rafah Siege, Biden Officials Delay Report on Alleged Israeli War Crimes
The report was supposed to be released this week — as Israel embarked on the beginning stages of its invasion of Rafah.
![U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (right) meets with the president of the Philippines, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., at Malacanang Palace in Manila on November 21, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0507-Philippines-400x300.jpg)
Like in Israel, US Backing Gives War Criminals Free Rein in Philippines
US-backed regimes in the Philippines have committed gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.
![A Palestinian woman walks past the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli bombardments, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0430-gaza-a-400x300.jpg)
Amnesty International: Israel Repeatedly Committed War Crimes With US Weapons
The human rights group called on the US to immediately suspend arms shipments to Israel.
![Benjamin Netanyahu](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0429-benjamin-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu Reportedly Worried ICC Is Preparing to Issue Arrest Warrant for Him
Israel is reportedly working with the US to head off possible international criminal court warrants for its officials.
![Civil Defence Authority teams work to recover bodies of Palestinians from under the rubble in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on April 21, 2024. The Palestinian Civil Defense Administration in the Gaza Strip said late Saturday that the bodies of 50 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army were recovered from a mass grave in the southern Khan Younis province.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0426-mass-grave-400x300.jpg)
Mass Graves in Khan Yunis Reveal Unspeakable Horror of US-Backed Gaza Invasion
Emboldened by unconditional military and diplomatic support from the US, Israel continues to act with impunity in Gaza.
![Pro-Palestine activists march in front of the New York Times headquarters as they participate in a Global Strike for Gaza on December 18, 2023 in New York City, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_04-16-nyt-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Leaked Document Shows NYT Censorship of Words Like “Genocide” in Gaza Coverage
The Times discourages references to “Palestine,” in a refusal to acknowledge the state Israel has been occupying.