Status: 15.11.2023, 09:59 a.m.
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Israel's "targeted operation" in the Gaza war against Hamas: Israeli troops entered the Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel-Gaza War: Armed Forces Enter Al-Shifa Clinic in the Gaza Strip
- Shifa Hospital, a suspected Hamas command center during the Gaza war
- Because of Hamas' use: Al-Shifa hospital loses "protection under international law"
Tel Aviv – The Gaza war between Israel and Hamas took on a new quality during the night. In recent days, the fighting on and around the site of the largest clinic in the Gaza Strip has already signaled a major action in the war in the Middle East. Israeli soldiers broke into the Shifa hospital in Gaza last night in their fight against the Islamist Hamas.
Israel invades Shifa Hospital: "Targeted operation" in Gaza war against Hamas
Based on intelligence information, "a precise and targeted operation" is underway in a specific area of the clinic, the army said early Wednesday morning on the situation in the Gaza war. Medical teams and Arabic-speaking military personnel are also present. "We call on all Hamas terrorists present in the hospital to surrender," the army said.
Israel suspects that the largest hospital complex in the Gaza Strip is a Hamas command center. Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, killing some 1200,<> people. This was the latest trigger for the war in Israel, which once again exacerbated the situation in the Middle East.
Israel storms Shifa hospital in Gaza war: Hamas command center suspected in clinic
The BBC quoted an eyewitness about Israel's storming of the Shifa clinic during the Gaza war. He spoke of six tanks and more than a hundred soldiers on the hospital compound in the Gaza Strip. Some were masked and shouted in Arabic: "Don't move, don't move!" Smoke bombs were also used.
A clinician, Ahmed Muchallalati, told the Washington Post of hours of gunfire and explosions around the hospital in the Gaza Strip. He said he saw Israeli tanks near the building complex. This information could not be independently verified in the morning.
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Israel's storming of the Al-Shifa clinic in the Gaza war: WHO speaks of 2000 people in hospital
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 blockaded Gaza Strip, including believed to be more than 1500 patients and around <>,<> displaced. The figures are based on estimates by the Ministry of Health, which is controlled by Hamas in the Gaza war. Eyewitnesses confirmed the figures.
For days, there have been clashes in the Gaza war between Israeli ground troops and Palestinian extremists near hospitals. Employees of the Shifa hospital reported continued shelling in the area.
Israel Operation at Shifa Hospital in Gaza War: Units Specially Trained
According to the army, the medical teams and Arabic-speaking forces have undergone special training to ensure that civilians used by Hamas as human shields are not harmed in the Gaza war and the storming of the Al-Shifa clinic, the armed forces said in a statement.
According to media reports, the military contacted Palestinian health officials before the Gaza war operation and informed them of the impending attack, a spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health told Al Jazeera.
After storming of Al-Shifa clinic: Israel takes action in hospitals in Gaza war against Hamas
Prior to Israel's storming of the Shifa clinic during the Gaza war, military spokesman Daniel Hagari had already announced that the armed forces would also crack down on Hamas' suspected infrastructure in hospitals in the Gaza Strip. "Hamas' continued military use of Shifa Hospital means that it loses its special protection under international law," Hagari said.
"We are forced to act carefully and precisely against Hamas' military infrastructure in the hospitals."
Hospitals in the Gaza war: Hamas uses clinics for military purposes, according to the US
The U.S. also assumes that Hamas uses hospitals in the Gaza Strip for military purposes. Commenting on the current developments in the Gaza war, National Security Council communications director John Kirby said: "Hamas and members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are using some hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including the Shifa clinic, and tunnels under them to conceal and advance their military operations and to hold hostages."
After storming Shifa Hospital in the Gaza war: Israel calls for support in the fight against Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again called for his country's support in the Israel-Gaza war and in the fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Netanyahu addressed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directly: "It is not Israel that is deliberately targeting civilians, but Hamas is beheading, burning and massacring civilians in the worst horror perpetrated on Jews since the Holocaust."
He demanded: "The forces of civilization must support Israel in defeating the barbarism of Hamas." Earlier, Trudeau reportedly urged the Israeli government to "exercise maximum restraint" in its fight in the Gaza Strip and allow a humanitarian pause. He said: "The world is witnessing this killing of women, children and babies. This has to stop."
Israel-Gaza War: Humanitarian Aid in the Gaza Strip Impossible Due to Lack of Gasoline
Due to a lack of fuel, humanitarian assistance to more than two million people in the Gaza Strip could soon collapse, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). A fuel depot inside the Gaza Strip, which was last used by the agency, is now empty, UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said of the current situation in the Israel-Gaza war. "It's simple. Without fuel, the humanitarian operation in the Gaza Strip will come to an end. Many more people will suffer and probably die."
Ceasefire in Israel-Gaza war demanded: UN chief appeals "in the name of humanity"
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was "deeply concerned" about the situation in hospitals in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Gaza war. These recorded dramatic loss of life, Guterres announced. "In the name of humanity, the Secretary-General calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," it said in a statement on the latest developments, now that the war in Israel has moved mainly to Gaza.
Israel criticized Guterres for his role in the Gaza war. "Guterres does not deserve to be the head of the UN," said Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. He did not take a decisive enough stand against the terror of Hamas. "Guterres, like all free nations, should say loud and clear: 'Liberate Gaza from Hamas,'" Cohen continued.