Live Updates: LA protesters welcome Biden with 'genocide supporter' chants

0212 GMT — A group of pro-Palestine demonstrators has welcomed US President Joe Biden to America's second most populous city with chants ridiculing his hitherto unwavering support for Israel's ongoing carnage in besieged Gaza.

"Genocide supporter!" protesters yelled as Biden's motorcade pulled up to the Culver City Julian Dixon Library in Los Angeles, where he delivered remarks touting his efforts to reduce US student debt.

Protesters sought to interrupt the president as he concluded his remarks, but their words were not immediately discernible amid applause from the crowd. They again shouted at Biden as his motorcade left the Julian Dixon Library.

0447 GMT — Israeli troops invading Gaza are reportedly stealing own grenades, missiles

Israeli soldiers are stealing weapons during their invasion of besieged Gaza, and there has been an uptick in the number of troops engaging in the theft of arms, including high-explosive hand grenades and anti-tank missiles, according to Israeli broadcaster KAN, raising fears some of the stolen weapons may have ended up in the hands of illegal Jewish settlers.

The KAN channel, operated by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, said there has been "a troubling increase in the phenomenon of weapons and ammunition theft in the Israeli army under the guise of war amid fears that they may also reach armed groups in the West Bank."

KAN quoted Roi Sharon, the military correspondent for the news channel, as saying, "there is actually concern in the Israeli army about soldiers or even civilians stealing high-explosive hand grenades and anti-tank missiles from inside the Gaza Strip or areas where forces are stationed outside it and transferring them to criminal organisations, and from there to terrorist organisations."