Calling it a “criminal and terrorist act,” the U.S. Ambassador to Israel has demanded the country “aggressively investigate” the killing of an American citizen who was beaten to deaths in the occupied West Bank.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday he has asked Israel to "aggressively" investigate the death of an American citizen who was beaten to death in the West Bank. "There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act.

Europe's top diplomats are assessing a new deal with Israel to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Kaja Kallas, the European Union's foreign policy chief. Foreign ministers from the EU's 27-member nations are meeting Tuesday in Brussels in the wake of a new aid deal for Gaza largely forged by Kallas and Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar,