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The White House releases its proposal for the future borders of Israeli and Palestinian states as part of US President Donald Trump's controversial peace plan. The map provided by the White House shows the West Bank area containing some 15 Israeli settlements, connected to the Gaza Strip area by only a tunnel. SOUNDBITE
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says a "full-scale invasion" of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by Israeli forces "would be a mistake." SOUNDBITE
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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem during a Middle-East tour to push for a ceasefire as the Gaza war enters its fifth month. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) to address allegations its staff were involved in attacking Israel, but distanced himself from calls for its end. "UNRWA has played and continues to play an absolutely indispensable role in trying to make sure that men, women and children who so desperately need assistance in Gaza actually get it," Blinken tells reporters. "That only underscores the importance of UNRWA tackling this as quickly as effectively and as thoroughly as possible," he says after the United States suspended funding. 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