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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
Images show trucks carrying humanitarian aid on the Kerem Shalom crossing heading back to Egypt after a protest on the Israeli side blocked the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34H272N_EN
The United States is calling for "an urgent investigation" into the killing of Palestinian-American teenager Tawfiq Abdel Jabbar in the West Bank, US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel says. SOUNDBITE
Relatives and supporters hold placards bearing portraits of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel at a protest in Tel Aviv calling for their release. IMAGES
Several thousand protesters march to the Israeli embassy in Athens in solidarity with the Palestinian people, with many protesters chanting "Free Palestine" whilst calling for immediate ceasefire in the deadly war between Israel and Hamas. Since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border on October 7, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip and sent in ground troops, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory saying 9,770 people have been killed, nearly half of them -- at least 4,800 -- children. IMAGES
Hundreds of people gather outside the Qatari embassy in London to demand the release of the 230 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas following its surprise attack on Israel on October 7. In addition to the hostages, Israeli officials say some 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, making it the deadliest in Israel's history. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the retaliatory Israeli bombardment has killed more than 8,000 people, mainly civilians and half of them children. IMAGES
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