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The United States warns Israel that staging a military push into the southern Gaza city of Rafah without proper planning would run the risk of becoming a "disaster." State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel says Washington has "yet to see any evidence of serious planning for such an operation," adding: "To conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area" where one million people are sheltering "would be a disaster." SOUNDBITE
The introduction of a draft UN resolution criticizing Israel following announcements that it will advance settlements and retroactively legalize nine outposts in the occupied West Bank is "unhelpful," US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid at the State Department in Washington, DC. Lapid and Emirati Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan are in Washington for three-way talks, as President Joe Biden's administration embraces and looks to expand a normalization drive. IMAGES
"I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMs at the President's direction," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. Biden "quietly directed his national security team to send ATACMs to Ukraine for use inside Ukrainian sovereign territory in February. They started moving as part of the military aid package we announced on March 12th," Patel adds. SOUNDBITE
Smoke rises over Rafah after an Israeli strike on the southern Gazan city. Israel has for two months threatened to invade the city in its mission to destroy Hamas. Soon after the war in Gaza began on October 7, Israel told Palestinians living in the north of Gaza to move to "safe zones" in the territory's south such as Rafah. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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