Middle East conflict live updates: Biden poised to sign bill that includes funding for Israel, aid for Gaza

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) lauded the bipartisan show of support in a news conference after the vote. Nine Republican senators flipped their votes to support the legislation on Tuesday after voting against an earlier version of the aid in February.

Top U.N. officials called for an international investigation into allegations of mass graves at hospitals in Gaza, following reports that hundreds of bodies had been recovered at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that its forces did not create the graves in Khan Younis. “The claim that the IDF buried Palestinian bodies is baseless and unfounded,” the statement said.

At least 34,183 people have been killed and 77,143 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority of the dead are women and children.

Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 261 soldiers have been killed since its military operation in Gaza began.