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The United States has urged Israel to avoid civilian casualties in its war on Hamas but some will be inevitably hurt in the "messy" conflict, the White House says. "This is war. It is combat. It is bloody, ugly and it's going to be messy and innocent civilians are going to be hurt going forward," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres alleges violations of international law as Israel pounds Gaza, and urges an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to bring in relief. "I am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza. Let me be clear: No party to an armed conflict is above international humanitarian law," Guterres tells a Security Council session, without explicitly naming Israel. SOUNDBITE
"The message the Arab world is hearing is loud and clear: Palestinians lives matter less than Israeli ones" says Jordan's King Abdullah II, adding that it is a "very dangerous message" during the International Peace Summit in Cairo. SOUNDBITE
Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for "massive" international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding Islamist insurgency. SOUNDBITE
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he told Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu that the United States will continue flying its aircraft in international airspace, after a Russian jet was accused of downing a US drone. Speaking just following the two defense chiefs' call, Austin says his message was: "The United States will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows." SOUNDBITE
Passengers arrive in Addis Ababa after Ethiopia's national carrier Ethiopian Airlines resumes commercial flights to and from Mekele, in the Tigray region. After a shutdown lasting 18 months, families and loved ones are reunited, a day after an Ethiopian delegation made the first high-level government visit to the rebel-held region since the signing of a peace deal last month. IMAGES