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![Sen. Bernie Sanders questions witnesses during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 14, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0412-bernie-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: “History Will Judge” US’s Backing of Israel as It Destroys Gaza
Sanders’s op-ed comes just after Israel completed its total annihilation of Gaza’s largest hospital.
![A Palestinian inspects near a vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0412-world-central-kitchen-400x300.jpg)
IDF Commander Who Oversaw WCK Strike Previously Called for Gaza Aid Blockade
Israel’s probe into the strike that killed seven aid workers was led by the CEO of an Israeli weapons manufacturer.
![Maghazi refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on March 31, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0411-gaza-rr-400x300.jpg)
Rights Group: 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza Are Missing in Addition to 34,000 Dead
Those missing include people whose bodies have been exhumed and are being held by Israeli forces, Euro-Med Monitor says.
![Muslims gather to perform Eid al-Fitr prayer at al-Huda Mosque which was heavily damaged after Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza, on April 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0411-gaza-a-400x300.jpg)
State Department Has Seen Historic Amount of Internal Dissent Over Gaza
Even the Iraq War hadn’t prompted nearly this much internal dissent, former officials said.
![Palestinians, including children, collect their belongings among the rubble of their houses destroyed by Israeli attacks on Al-Jenine neighborhood in Rafah, Gaza, on March 31, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0408-gaza-c-400x300.jpg)
1 in 50 Children in Gaza Have Been Killed or Injured by Israel in Just 6 Months
On average, Israel has killed about 75 children in Gaza each day since October.
![Teams extinguish a fire as they conduct a search and rescue operation under the debris of destroyed building following Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat Camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on October 31, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0405-gaza-d-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Airstrike That Killed 106 “Apparent War Crime,” Human Rights Watch Says
Four munitions, striking within 10 seconds of each other, totally destroyed a six-story building in Gaza in October.
![Injured Palestinians receive medical treatment in Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid trucks at Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, Gaza, on February 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0301-gaza-hospital-400x300.jpg)
US Blocks Security Council Statement Blaming IDF for Killing Gazans Seeking Aid
The US was alone in opposing the statement, which Algeria put forth during an emergency session.
![Palestinian children wait for the food with pots as Palestinian people survive under difficult conditions at Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza on February 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0227-gaza-s-400x300.jpg)
UN Human Rights Expert Says Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
“The state of Israel in its entirety is culpable” in genocide, the UN’s top expert on food rights said.
![A digital illustration of the late Aaron Bushnell, set against a rising sun and a starry sky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0226-aaron-bushnell-400x300.jpg)
US Airman Self-Immolates in Front of Israeli Embassy, Yelling “Free Palestine”
“This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal,” said Aaron Bushnell, who was 25.
![Rep. Andrew Ogles arrives for a House Republican Conference at the Longworth House Office Building on October 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0221-andrew-ogles-400x300.jpg)
Republican House Rep. Andrew Ogles on Gaza: “We Should Kill Them All”
Rep. Andy Ogles made the remark in response to an advocate who brought up Israeli forces killing Palestinian children.