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The United States calls the death of six-year-old Gaza girl Hind Rajab, who days earlier had pleaded for help, "heartbreaking" and urges a prompt Israeli investigation. "It is just a devastating account, a heartbreaking account, for this child, and of course there have been thousands of other children who have died as a result of this conflict," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, adding, "We have asked the Israeli authorities to investigate this incident on an urgent basis." SOUNDBITE
Relatives and friends gather for the funeral of Alon Shamriz, mistakenly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza after being held by Hamas for 70 days. He was among about 250 people taken hostage during Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 7 attacks in Israel, which killed around 1,140 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli figures. IMAGES
Israeli security forces gather at the Hashmonaim checkpoint outside the West Bank village of Nilin, where a driver who rammed his truck at another a checkpoint near Modiin was killed, in the latest attack to rock the occupied territory. IMAGES
Mourners hold a funeral for Palestinian teen Amer Elyan who was shot dead a day earlier by the Israeli army, following an arrest operation in Silwad, north-east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 18-year-old Elyan was killed by "a live bullet in the chest" fired by Israeli forces during the clash. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI328B47H_EN
Mourners hold a funeral for Palestinian teen Amer Elyan who was shot dead a day earlier by the Israeli army, following an arrest operation in Silwad, north-east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 18-year-old Elyan was killed by "a live bullet in the chest" fired by Israeli forces during the clash. IMAGES