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Deserted streets and closed shops in Rafah in Gaza Strip, near the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing Israeli operation. IMAGES
Deserted streets and closed shops in Rafah in Gaza Strip, near the border with Egypt, amid the ongoing Israeli operation, as truce talks with Hamas militants failed to progress. IMAGES
During a UN press briefing, Georgios Petropoulos, the head of the OCHA sub-office in Gaza speaking from Rafah says that more than 100,000 people have fled Rafah. SOUNDBITE
"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
Israel has not shared a date for an assault on Gaza's Rafah with the United States, which will keep raising concerns, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the time was set. "No, we do not have any date for an operation, at least one that's been communicated to us by the Israelis," Blinken tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.