Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJul 31, 2014
Israel called a four-hour humanitarian cease-fire Wednesday, and amid confusion over which areas the halt applied to shelled a market in Gaza. According to Palestinian authorities, 17 Palestinians were killed and 200 more were injured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
According to a Pentagon intelligence official, if eliminated, Hamas would be replaced by a far more dangerous alternative; a group of scientists warns we may be witnessing the beginning of the Earth's sixth mass extinction, the likes of which wiped out dinosaurs; meanwhile, an activist contends the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has had significant repercussions on the Israeli economy, especially since the recent attack on Gaza began. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
Chris Gunness, a UN Relief and Works Agency official, said that the IDF had been notified of the "precise location" of the organization's school-turned-shelter in Jabaliya at least 17 times before what he and his colleagues termed Israeli artillery killed "children as they slept next to their parents" Wednesday . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
Israel launched a seven-hour campaign of intensive bombing of Gaza on Tuesday, destroying its only power plant. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 26, 2014
A new element entered the current Gaza war on Thursday, as Israel shelled a U.N. school full of displaced persons taking refuge there and large protests broke out in the Palestinian West Bank. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 26, 2014
Fifty reservists in the Israeli military -- the majority of them women -- have written an open letter expressing opposition to the institution's discriminatory culture and policies, the current operation in Gaza, and the militarization of their society. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 23, 2014
Shortly after Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman publicly accused Al-Jazeera of airing "anti-Semitic" propaganda, the media outlet's offices in Gaza reportedly "came under fire" Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigNov 19, 2012
Health officials quoted by The Guardian said that of the 21 Gazans killed in Israeli airstrikes Sunday, nine were children and four were women. Haaretz reports meanwhile that "the Israel Defense Force is continuing its intensive preparations for the ground phase of Operation Pillar of Defense." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 21, 2012
Readers of The Guardian are up in arms over the addition of former George W. Bush speechwriter Joshua Trevino to the historically liberal newspaper’s American staff. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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