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Al Shefa Hospital, the largest in Gaza, began burying more than 100 dead bodies in a mass grave

inside the medical complex to avoid a sanitary crisis,

Gaza's health ministry said.

The hospital is besieged by Israeli troops.

Israel claims that Hamas uses tunnels beneath it as a base.

Earlier the UN said that some 200,000 people have fled northern Gaza in the past 10 days

as Israeli forces continued their offensive and President Joe Biden said that Gaza's hospitals, quote, must be protected. In Israel meanwhile, families of the hostages being held by Hamas, began a five-day march to demand that

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, does more to secure their release. America's House of Representatives voted to avert a government shutdown.

Nearly all Democrats and a majority of Republicans approved a temporary funding bill put forward by Mike Johnson, the new House Speaker.

Some hardline Conservatives have promised to reject it.

The measure contains no military aid for Israel and Ukraine but avoids spending

cuts. The bill now goes to the Senate, which has signaled its support.

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