An 11-year-old boy from Gaza is beginning medical treatment in Atlanta after losing his legs in an airstrike last year.

State Department move comes as Israel’s war and induced famine in Gaza reach new extremes, with 61,827 killed so far.

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil kicked off the rally outside the New York Public Library near Bryant Park before those in attendance started marching across Manhattan. Protesters called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the United States to stop sending aid to Israel. People from across the country attended.

The United States has halted entry via visitor visas for individuals from the Gaza Strip until further notice. "All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,

I will not betray my commitment to the gospel of love and justice and be silent while the United States and Israel murder, maim, loot, poison, starve, torment and commit genocide on our Palestinian siblings.

Conservative activist Laura Loomer complained on social media about children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioned how they got visas.

A whistleblower claims World Food Programme and U.N. agencies rejected Israeli security assistance, blocking aid distribution to Gaza despite available supplies as U.N. dismisses accusations.

Without imposing conditions on Israeli behavior in Gaza Washington risks stoking terrorism and entangling itself in another Middle East war.

The world is asking why major Jewish organizations, and congregations around the country, aren’t speaking out about genocide. It can’t be hidden. The failure to condemn Israel’s crimes against humanity is a glaring breakdown of moral responsibility,