How a teen with an assault-style rifle walked into an unlocked Texas elementary school and stayed nearly an hour — turning a classroom into a killing field as desperate parents begged officers outside to let them in — has emerged as a key horrifying question about the police response to the deadliest US school shooting in almost a decade.

The announcement was immediately rejected by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.

The US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention is investigating more cases of monkeypox across the United States as part of a global outbreak.