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Clashes have been going on for days near hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip. © Mohammed Talatene/dpa
Israeli forces reportedly find Hamas weapons at the Shifa clinic in Gaza. Meanwhile, criticism of the military operation at the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip is growing. The overview.
Gaza/Tel Aviv - Israeli ground troops have entered the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip and found weapons belonging to the Islamist Hamas, according to media reports.
Based on intelligence, the soldiers carried out "a precise and targeted operation" against Hamas at Shifa Hospital during the night, the army said on Telegram. According to media reports, however, there were initially no indications that hostages were also being held in the clinic.
According to a doctor, the action involved some fierce fighting. There were hours of gunfire and bombardments, a doctor at the clinic reported, according to the Washington Post. The news channel Al-Jazeera reported that "dozens of soldiers" were in the hospital's emergency room. In addition, tanks were stationed in a courtyard of the building complex. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths was appalled by the deployment of the Israeli military at Shifa Hospital.
The Israeli military is convinced that there is a Hamas command center under the hospital. Hamas denies the Israeli claims. Israel's forces also hoped to find at least information about the whereabouts of the hostages abducted from Israel in the Hamas terror attack on October 7 in the clinic complex.
International humanitarian law prohibits attacks on civilian targets such as hospitals. However, if civilian objects are misused, this no longer applies, explained Daniel-Erasmus Khan, an expert in international law at the University of the German Armed Forces. In this case, international humanitarian law even accepts unintended civilian casualties in the event of an attack. However, Israel must do everything in its power to evacuate civilians from the clinic.
Probably more than 2000 people in the Schifa clinic
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of Monday, more than 2000,600 people were in the Shifa clinic in the north of the cordoned-off coastal strip, including probably more than 1500 patients and around <>,<> displaced people. The figures are based on estimates by the Ministry of Health, which is controlled by Hamas. However, eyewitnesses confirmed the figures.
Five gunmen killed in skirmish in front of clinic
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari assured that civilians used by Hamas as human shields would not be harmed. In a skirmish in front of the clinic, soldiers killed at least five armed Hamas members, according to media reports. Israeli soldiers were not injured.
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