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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose with foreign ministers ahead of a Gulf Cooperation Council-US joint ministerial meeting in Riyadh, at the start of a new crisis tour aimed at pushing an elusive Israel-Hamas ceasefire and increasing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Images show Israeli military vehicles moving along the border with the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In war-battered Gaza, there has been mounting concern over Israeli plans to launch an assault on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.5 million people have sought refuge, many in makeshift encampments. IMAGES
UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that Israel's military offensive on Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for their unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, has created a "humanitarian hellscape" for civilians trapped in the besieged Palestinian territory. SOUNDBITE
Smoke billows over eastern Gaza City following Israeli strikes. The Israeli military reported overnight operations in central Gaza which had also involved its navy and air force "to eliminate terrorist operatives". IMAGES
Palestinians inspect the damage at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following the withdrawal of Israeli troops. Israeli forces pulled out of Gaza's largest hospital complex after an intensive and deadly two-week military operation, leaving behind a trail of destruction across the sprawling complex. 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).