UN report finds Israeli military targets hospitals bringing health care to brink of collapse in Gaza; SFPD releases body cam footage of fatal shooting – December 31, 2024

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• UN report finds Israeli military targets hospitals bringing health care to brink of collapse in Gaza, a possible war crime and crime against humanity.
• 7th infant freezes to death as winter sets in, in war-torn Gaza strip.
• WHO director general survives Israeli bombing in Yemen during visit, as Israel and Houthi’s exchange fire, appeals for calm.
• Nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group issues warning for 14 colleges and universities hostile to free speech and dissent over war Israel’s war in Gaza.
• Protests in New York after release of body camera footage of correction officers beating black incarcerated man to death, family speaks out for the first time.
• San Francisco police release body camera footage of fatal shooting of a security guard, lawyer says police should have de-escalated the situation instead.
• Murders down in Oakland for first time in 5 years, officials credit ousted Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled for raising crime rates.

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