It is the main hospital on the Strip and has already killed more than 30,000 displaced people who sought refuge there.
Early Monday morning, the Israeli army laid siege with tanks and snipers and, for the fourth time since the start of the war in the Strip, attacked the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the most important in the enclave, killing more than 30,000 displaced persons. who took refuge in that center, the Gaza Health Ministry has denounced.
“Following intelligence information indicating the presence of terrorists in Al Shifa Hospital area and its use to carry out terrorist activities“The armed forces are conducting a precise operation to thwart terrorist activities and arrest the terrorists on the hospital grounds,” the Israeli army said.
The Gaza Ministry of Health, which has described the operation as “massacre against the sick, wounded, displaced persons and medical personnel“, has indicated that the Israeli Defense Forces fired bullets directly at the building of the medical complex where specialized operations are carried out and shelled it with rockets, in addition to introducing tanks and military vehicles into the courtyards of the complex.
‘It is a true tragedy and an attack on healthcare institutions is contrary to all international laws and regulationsa ministry spokesperson said of the fourth Israeli operation at the hospital, which is still ongoing.
In addition, the attack caused a fire at the hospital door, so there have been cases of it suffocation among displaced women and childrenin addition to the fact that the center’s communications have been cut off.
If evidence supporting the operationthe military released a conversation between a COGAT liaison (the military body that manages civil and administrative affairs in the occupied territories) with the director of Al Shifa, in which he allegedly informed him about Hamas’ “terrorist activities” in the hospital and the need to put an end to it.
It is the fourth time that Israel attacks this hospital, the most important in the Strip.
The first time was in November, when he kept it fenced for more than ten days; ordered the evacuation of thousands of displaced, injured and sick people; He arrested numerous medical staff, including its director, and said he had seized numerous weapons and equipment from Hamas.
Source: EITB
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