UN warns of man-made famine in Gaza as starvation deaths rise, Israel steps up plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza.

<article data-history-node-id="426202" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/columbia-university-suspends-or-expels-almost-80-students-pro-0" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/columbia-university-suspends-or-expels-almost-80-students-pro-0" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Columbia University suspends or expels almost 80 students for pro-Palestine protest</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Columbia University announced new sanctions against student activists on Tuesday, suspending or expelling dozens of students for their participation in pro-<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>&nbsp;protests.</p> <p>The suspensions will last between one and three years and will require students to write an apology letter if they wish to return to the university.</p> <p>The disciplinary proceedings primarily targeted students involved in the takeover of Butler Library to host a teach-in honouring the Palestinian writer Basel al-Araj, who was killed by Israeli forces in 2017. Protesters renamed the library “the Basel al-Araj Popular University”.</p> <p>“The sanctions issued on July 21 by the University Judicial Board were determined by a UJB panel of professors and administrators who worked diligently over the summer to offer an outcome for each individual based on the findings of their case and prior disciplinary outcomes,” Columbia wrote in a&nbsp;<a href="https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/university-statement-ujb-determinations-butler-library-disruption-and-alumni-weekend" target="_blank">statement</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://cuapartheiddivest.substack.com/p/columbia-suspends-nearly-80-students" target="_blank">Columbia University Apartheid Divest</a>&nbsp;(CUAD) said in a statement: “Once Barnard joins Columbia in announcing charges, these will be the most suspensions for a single political protest in Columbia campus history and hugely exceed sentencing precedent for teach-ins or non-Palestine-related building occupations.”</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Columbia University suspends or expels almost 80 students for pro-Palestine protest" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/columbia-university-suspends-expels-nearly-80-students-pro-palestine-protest">Columbia University suspends or expels almost 80 students for pro-Palestine protest</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/2025-07-22T213524Z_1150635778_RC28XEA8K848_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-COLUMBIA-DISCIPLINE.jpg.jpg?itok=-IsTyoo-"></p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="425783" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/one-ten-children-gaza-suffering-malnutrition-unrwa" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/one-ten-children-gaza-suffering-malnutrition-unrwa" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">One in ten children in Gaza suffering from malnutrition: Unrwa</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><article data-scroll-anchor="true" data-testid="conversation-turn-80" dir="auto"> <p data-end="90" data-start="0">One in ten children screened at UN-run health clinics in Gaza is now malnourished, the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians (Unrwa) said on Tuesday.</p> <p data-end="90" data-start="0">“Our health teams are confirming that malnutrition rates are increasing in Gaza, especially since the siege was tightened more than four months ago on the second of March,” Unrwa’s Director of Communications, Juliette Touma, told journalists in Geneva during a briefing via video link from Amman.</p> <p data-end="90" data-start="0">Aid agencies have warned repeatedly that famine is looming in parts of Gaza, particularly in the north, where access remains limited.</p> </article> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="425017" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-23-saturday-including-three-children" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-23-saturday-including-three-children" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes kill at least 23 on Saturday, including three children</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Gaza civil defence officials said Israeli forces killed at least 23 people in the enclave on Saturday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Among the casualties were three children who were killed in an Israeli air strike on a home in Jabalia&nbsp;refugee camp in&nbsp;northern Gaza.</p> <p>AFP video footage from Gaza City showed relatives weeping over the bodies of children killed in the attack.</p> <p>A civil defence spokesperson told AFP there were at least&nbsp;six air strikes by drones and planes across the territory on Saturday.</p> <p>Otheres were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food aid in the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.</p> <p>Israel's war on Gaza since October 2023 has killed at least 56,412 people, the majority of whom are civilians, according to the Palestinian health ministry.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

You may have noticed: While Republicans debate Medicaid and other cuts, there’s one aspect of Trump’s big ugly bill that absolutely cannot be discussed.