Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tag: Israel

‘This is where kids with cancer are’: Israel bombs Gaza hospitals,...

U.S.-backed Israeli strikes destroy hospitals in Khan Younis, killing patients, staff, and journalists as Gaza’s health system nears total collapse under allegations of war crimes.

Trump halts bombing of Yemen, reportedly under Saudi pressure, and to...

The subtext here is that people in the region believe the U.S. is bombing an Arab country on behalf of Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and to protect Israel from repercussions for its Gaza genocide.

GOP leaders met with Israeli minister who called for bombing Gaza...

Israeli national security minister claims Republican leaders supported his calls to target humanitarian supplies in Gaza, a move condemned as a war crime by international experts.

IDF report on Gaza medics’ killing called a cover-up as rights...

Despite video evidence and global outrage, Israeli military report denies executions and offers limited disciplinary action for deadly March 23 attack

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

Israel now occupies over half of Gaza as expanded buffer zone...

Systematic destruction of homes, farmland, and infrastructure in Gaza buffer zone reveals deeper plan for permanent Israeli control, soldiers and experts say.

‘Point-blank’: Israeli soldiers execute 15 Gaza medics & rescue workers, bury...

Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights attorney, calls the killing “the height of dehumanization.”

Only 15 senators back effort to block arms to Israel as...

Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and allegations of war crimes, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected resolutions to halt $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, with only 15 senators supporting the effort.

The illusion of ceasefires

The Israeli government has now adopted a strategy of inflicting overwhelming violence until Hamas capitulates by releasing the remaining hostages.

Israeli airstrike hits Gaza hospital with US doctors inside, killing civilians...

The attack came just hours after U.S. doctors volunteering at the hospital spoke to Western media outlets, condemning Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

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White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
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She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
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Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse

One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
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Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths

Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.