Two witnesses tell The Associated Press that Israeli soldiers fatally shot an American woman participating in a protest against settlements in the West Bank. The U.S. government confirmed the death of 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi but did not say whether she had been shot by Israeli troops. The White House said in a statement it was “deeply disturbed” by the killing and called on Israel to investigate what happened. The Israeli military said it was looking into reports that troops had killed a foreign national in the area of the protest, outside the West Bank town of Beita. Two doctors said Eygi was shot in the head and died at the hospital.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike. U.S. President Joe Biden says Netanyahu needs to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting. In his first public address since Sunday’s mass protests over the discovery of six more dead hostages, the prime minister said he will continue to insist on a demand that has emerged as a major sticking point in talks. He also declared that no one will preach to me."

Tens of thousands of Israelis have surged into the streets in an outpouring of grief and anger after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza. It appears to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war. Demonstrators are urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal to bring the remaining captives home. Israel’s largest trade union has called a general strike for Monday to further pressure the government. It's the first such strike since the war began, and it's expected to disrupt major sectors of the economy including banking, health care and the country’s main airport.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he presses ahead with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a cease-fire in the war in Gaza. But Hamas and Israel are signaling that challenges remain. Hamas calls the latest proposal presented to it a “reversal” of what it had agreed to and accuses the United States of acquiescing to what it calls “new conditions” from Israel. There is no immediate U.S. response. Meanwhile, a senior U.S. official is disputing reported comments by Israel's prime minister about not abandoning two strategic corridors in Gaza.

Israel wants lasting control over two strategic corridors in Gaza, which Hamas has long rejected. The dispute threatens to unravel cease-fire talks aimed at ending the war and freeing scores of hostages. Officials familiar with the negotiations say Israel wants a lasting military presence in a buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border and in an area Israeli forces carved out to cut off northern Gaza from the south. It’s unclear whether Israeli control over these areas is part of a proposal the U.S. has called on Hamas to accept to break the cease-fire impasse. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel had agreed to the proposal, without saying what it entails.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether the latest draft had addressed concerns cited by the militant group. Blinken spoke after holding a 2 1/2 hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, and was expected to travel to Egypt and Qatar on Tuesday. Blinken did not say whether the latest proposal addressed Israel’s demands for control over two strategic corridors inside Gaza, which Hamas has said is a nonstarter, or other issues that have long bedeviled the negotiations.