By Farah Najjar

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•     US President Joe Biden signs into law a $95bn aid measure that includes $26bn for Israel and $1bn in humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

•     Israeli government spokesman David Mencer says it is “moving ahead” with its planned military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
•     Gaza medics continue to unearth bodies in mass graves at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis with international demands rising for an independent investigation into Israel’s raid on the facility.
•     Fears for the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya surge as Israeli troops attack the city “with extreme force” and order Palestinians to immediately flee.
•     At least 34,262 Palestinians have been killed and 77,229 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens still held captive in Gaza.

    A look at what happened today

    We will be closing this live page soon. Here’s a quick recap from today:

•     Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Israel is “moving ahead” with its planned military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where 1.5 Palestinians are sheltering.
•     Calls grow for an international investigation into mass graves discovered in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis as more than 310 bodies are recovered so far.
•     Fears for the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya have surged as Israeli troops attack the city “with extreme force” and order Palestinian residents to flee immediately.
•     Hamas has released a video of Israeli-American captive Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who appeared in footage that prompted hundreds of protesters in Jerusalem to march to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence to demand action.
•     Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said its fighters targeted the Maersk Yorktown ship and a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, as well as the Israeli ship MSC Veracruz in the Indian Ocean.