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Up First briefing: Gaza hospitals can't function; Biden will meet with China's Xi

Gaza's largest hospitals have stopped working amid ground fighting and fuel shortages. The leaders of the U.S. and China plan to meet in California this week for their first in-person talks in a year.
Palestinians arrive south of Gaza City on Sunday after fleeing their homes amid the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.

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Dozens of Gaza's hospitals have effectively stopped functioning, due Israel asserts that Hamas fighters are sheltering beneath hospitals, and has ordered facilities in the north to evacuate. Patients and doctors have been caught in the crossfire of heavy street fighting, and humanitarian groups are pleading for combat near hospitals to end.

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