内容摘要：But markets quickly calmed as the wait continued for what U.S. and Chinese officials will say after their meeting.

But markets quickly calmed as the wait continued for what U.S. and Chinese officials will say after their meeting.

Israeli troops are about 900 meters (about half a mile) away from the hospital, Alhelo said. But the real risk, he said, is from Israeli drones flying over the hospital and preventing any movement in or out.“Anyone moving in the hospital is fired at. They are all keeping low inside the hospital,” he said.

The Israeli military had no comment when asked about the situation at al-Awda and did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday’s shelling.About 47 patients, including nearly 20 children and several pregnant women, and some 140 doctors and medical staff members are still at the hospital, hospital board member Shurafi said.He said the hospital board decided not to evacuate the hospital and called for supplies and the return of ambulances because there are still bombings and wounded people in the area.

“In light of the war, and conflict, it should remain functioning,” Shurafi said. He said the hospital has been besieged and raided several times since the war began in October 2023, but he called the current phase the “most critical.”The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 others. The militants are still holding 58 captives, around a third of whom are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were

Israel’s retaliatory offensive, which has destroyed large swaths of Gaza, has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count.

Associated Press journalists Fatma Khaled in Cairo and Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.Some Democrats say they remain hopeful for the project’s future, but they haven’t unveiled any proposals this year in the Legislature to set aside additional funding.

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, a Democratic member of the state Assembly, said at a budget hearing Wednesday that her constituents “overwhelmingly believe” high-speed rail spending “has been irresponsible.”Choudri plans to provide lawmakers this summer with an updated timeline and price tag.

Choudri aims to fulfill the original vision of building a pioneering system — already common in— that spurs economic growth, curbs planet-warming emissions from cars and planes, and saves drivers