The Israeli army took the control of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in a targeted military operation, after receiving information from senior Hamas officials present in the facility. The soldiers demanded that Hamas members surrender and captured several suspects, some of whom were confirmed as operational terrorists. At least 80 people arrested. Gunfights they are occurred inside the hospital, with numerous militants killed or wounded. Witnesses reported shelling in the area.
The army and the Shin Bet have too a video was released with images of the “shootings carried out by terrorists from the buildings of Al Shifa hospital”.
High precision operation
The Israeli army had announced a“high precision” military operation in the hospital Al-Shifa, the largest in Gaza City, in response to intelligence information regarding the presence of Hamas inside the structure.
“We know that Hamas terrorists have gathered inside Al-Shifa hospital and are using it to organize attacks against Israel,” the Israeli military spokesman said. Daniel Hagari in a video published on
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Avichay Adraee said invited all Palestinians in the Rimal neighborhood and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City a Evacuate the area for your own safety. “To maintain your safety, you must immediately evacuate the area to the west, and then across al-Rashid Street to the south to the al-Mawasi humanitarian area,” Adraee said.
Hamas: 30 thousand people inside Al-Shifa
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health there are approximately 30.000 Guests, including displaced civilians, injured patients and medical personnel, trapped inside the Al-Shifa medical complex. The displaced people are trapped in two hospital buildings, where a fire broke out and there have been cases of suffocation among women and children. “Anyone who tries to move is targeted by bullets,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
An appeal was then launched by the ministry itself to all international organizations to "immediately stop the massacre against the sick, injured, displaced people and medical staff inside the hospital".
EU, Borrell: “Israel uses hunger as a weapon”
Harsh words meanwhile come from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, which accuses Israel of causing a famine in Gaza and using hunger as a weapon of war.
"Hunger in Gaza is used as a weapon of war, let's face it. There are seven months of blocked food supplies. Israel must open the gates and let aid in,” said Borrell, speaking at the European Humanitarian Forum 2024.
“Before the war Gaza was a large open-air prison, today it is a large open-air cemetery, also with regard to compliance with international rules. There are foodstuffs accumulated for months, waiting to enter Gaza, while across the border people are dying of hunger,” he added. “It's time to do something and not just complain, we'll talk about it at the council today.”
Katz's reply to Borrell
“It's time for EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell to stop attacking Israel and recognize his right to self-defense against the crimes of Hamas." The Israeli Foreign Minister said this, Israel Katz, in response to Borrel's accusations that Israel "uses hunger in Gaza as a weapon of war" and that Gaza has gone from "an open-air prison" to a "large open-air cemetery." Israel – Katz recalled – has allowed the entry of “vast humanitarian aid by land, air and sea for all those who want to help”.
