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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says discussing with Israel 'additional steps' to bring aid into Gaza during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem. IMAGES
Humanitarian aid parcels are dropped over the destroyed Gaza City as Israel continues to pound the Palestinian territory. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Tuesday that at least 34,535 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. IMAGES
Humanitarian aid parcels are dropped over central Gaza, seen from Israel, during ongoing strikes on the Palestinian territory. The war has brought besieged Gaza to the brink of famine, UN and humanitarian officials say, reduced much of the territory to rubble and raised fears of broader conflict. IMAGES
"The seven souls we mourn today were there so that hungry people could eat," chef Jose Andres says of the World Central Kitchen staffers who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, during remarks at a ceremony honoring their lives at the Washington National Cathedral. SOUNDBITE
Humanitarian aid packages are parachuted into the north of Gaza City. In the west of the city, loud blasts can be heard following Israeli strikes. 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).