The Israeli Army assures that it has under control the Al Shifa hospital, the most important hospital in the Gaza Strip, which the troops attacked at dawn, leaving an unknown number of dead and arresting at least 80 people “suspected of being involved.” in terrorist activities”.
“Our forces continue to operate in the hospital area to thwart terrorism in the Al Shifa hospital area,” he said in a statement.
The army indicated that the operation against this hospital was approved after receiving information from the intelligence services about the alleged presence of senior Hamas officials in this hospital.
Likewise, Israeli troops assured that the exchange of fire against militiamen slightly injured one of their soldiers, but that the operation of the hospital continues despite the fighting.
Furthermore, the army says that Arabic-speaking people go with the soldiers “so that they can communicate with the patients” housed in this hospital.
“The doctors of our troops are prepared to help those who need it. Patients and medical teams do not have to evacuate the hospital,” they said in a statement.
However, Israeli soldiers are asking those living near the hospital and residents of the nearby Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City to evacuate to the 20-square-kilometer al-Mawasi “humanitarian” zone, in the southern coast, where a kind of tent camp was improvised in December for thousands of Palestinians who now live in precarious conditions.
On the other hand, Israeli forces assured that they will provide food, water and additional supplies to all patients and civilians taking refuge in the complex “when there is no danger” for the soldiers who are carrying out this operation.
In the early hours of this Monday, the Israeli Army laid siege to the Shifa hospital with tanks and snipers and attacked the Shifa hospital for the fourth time since the war began in the Strip, causing deaths among the more than 30,000 displaced people who were taking refuge in that center, the Ministry denounced. of Gaza Health.
The Shifa hospital had returned to partial operation on March 2 to care for the wounded in Gaza City, despite the difficulties and few medical supplies, water and food, as noted by the director general of the World Health Organization. Cheers, Tedros Adhanom.
Israel’s first major operation at the beginning of the invasion in Gaza was the assault on this hospital center where it claimed that the Hamas command center was located beneath the building in a tunnel, although the evidence they presented regarding this thesis was never conclusive.