IDF forces" in the Gaza Strip, November 11, 2023/IDF Spokesperson
According to IDF sources, about 50,000 Palestinians with white flags moved from the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City to the area south of the Gaza River on Saturday. Among them are thousands of people who fled Hamas' symbol of resistance, the Shati refugee camp, where Ismail Haniyeh's house is located, with a white flag.
Yesterday morning there were 70,000 people in Shifa Hospital. This is a large complex, including outpatient clinics, of a size reminiscent of Sheba Hospital. Today, about 2,000 people remain there. The IDF decided on a safe route of exit from the hospital, facing east and then south. So far, the IDF has not conveyed an official evacuation request to hospital directors, but the area has become a combat zone. In light of the sounds of explosions and shooting, combined with the IDF's announcement to all civilians in the central and northern Gaza Strip to move to the south, civilians began to flock to the Salah a-Din route, and from there southward. Axis name: Wakhda.
Shifa Hospital, November 10, 2023/Reuters
Palestinians evacuate to southern Gaza/Reuters
Today, the directors of Shifa Hospital coordinated with the IDF the transfer of patients to other departments and other buildings in the Shifa compound. Two days ago, Shifa had 1,000 patients hospitalized in beds. Yesterday, the number dropped to 850, and today 400 injured patients are hospitalized, many of whom suffer from severe limb injuries. Others are on ventilators or are in intensive care. It is estimated that when an Israeli demand is passed to transport the wounded, the process will accelerate, and then there will be far fewer patients and wounded in the hospital.
According to IDF sources, anyone who could get up left Shifa Hospital today and moved south.
The IDF denied claims that the hospital was under siege, and said wounded could be transported into the hospital. Regarding the attack on Shifa Hospital during the past <> hours, the IDF clarified that it was a Hamas mortar shell that hit the compound.
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