The Israeli army removed the tanks from al-Shifa hospital this morning. The army vehicles left the hospital complex, which they had entered two weeks earlier. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired shells to cover the retreat of the tanks and left the al-Rimal neighborhood to head southwest of Gaza city, towards the Tel al-Hawa district.
The IDF have not yet officially confirmed the withdrawal.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said it had discovered dozens of bodies in the hospital. "The bodies of martyrs, some in a state of decomposition, were found in the complex and around the hospital", says the ministry in a press release, specifying that there is "very significant" material damage to all the Shifa buildings.
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