Israeli military claims it is carrying out a ‘high-precision’ operation at al-Shifa hospital; Palestinian health authorities say people are trapped inside
Israeli military claims it is carrying out a ‘high-precision’ operation at al-Shifa hospital; Palestinian health authorities say people are trapped insideScenes in Khan Younis after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday.
On Monday, Israel launched a fresh raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.Scenes in Khan Younis after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. On Monday, Israel launched a fresh raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.The Israeli army has launched an operation around Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, saying in a statement that it is “based on intelligence information indicating the use of the hospital by senior Hamas terrorists”. The IDF also In the wake of the raid, Palestinian health authorities say there is now a fierce fire burning in one of the buildings. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says the blaze broke out at the entrance of the complex, causing cases of suffocation among displaced women and children in the hospital. It said communication had been cut off, with people trapped inside the surgery and emergency units of one of the buildings. “There are casualties, including deaths and injuries, and it’s impossible to rescue anyone due to the intensity of the fire and targeting of anyone approaching the windows,” the ministry said, accusing Israeli forces of “another crime against health institutions”. The Israeli military says soldiers entering the compound were fired on, according to Reuters. “The troops responded with live fire and hits were identified. Our troops are continuing to operate in the area of the hospital.”In an operational briefing at just after 9am local time, Israel’s military released a video of what it claimed was “terrorist fire toward them from a number of hospital buildings”. In the statement, the IDF said it was “continuing to conduct precise operational activity to thwart terrorism in the area of the al-Shifa hospital”. It added “Over the past few hours, the troops identified terrorist fire toward them from a number of hospital buildings. The forces engaged the terrorists and identified several hits.”Israel has used its Arabic language military spokesperson to issue an instruction for civilians to evacuate if they are in the vicinity of theمن اجل الحفاظ على أمنكم - عليكم اخلاء المنطقة بشكل فوري غرباً ومن ثم عبر شارع الرشيد جنوباً إلى المنطقة الإنسانية في المواصيDuring its five month military campaign against the Gaza Strip, Israel has repeatedly carried out airstrikes on the south of the territory, where huge numbers of people are being forced to live in makeshift tent camps.Smoke from Israel’s military operation is seen rising in the distance in this view from 14 March of one of the makeshift tent camps that Palestinians from Gaza are being forced to live in.The Israeli army has launched an operation around Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, saying in a statement that it is “based on intelligence information indicating the use of the hospital by senior Hamas terrorists”. The IDF also In the wake of the raid, Palestinian health authorities say there is now a fierce fire burning in one of the buildings. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says the blaze broke out at the entrance of the complex, causing cases of suffocation among displaced women and children in the hospital. It said communication had been cut off, with people trapped inside the surgery and emergency units of one of the buildings. “There are casualties, including deaths and injuries, and it’s impossible to rescue anyone due to the intensity of the fire and targeting of anyone approaching the windows,” the ministry said, accusing Israeli forces of “another crime against health institutions”. The Israeli military says soldiers entering the compound were fired on, according to Reuters. “The troops responded with live fire and hits were identified. Our troops are continuing to operate in the area of the hospital.”It has just gone 9am in Gaza and Tel Aviv. This is our latest live blog on the Israel-Gaza war and the wider Middle East crisis. I am Martin Belam and I’ll be with you for the next while., with witnesses reporting airstrikes on the devastated neighbourhood where it is located. The IDF also carried out a November operation in al-Shifa, sparking an international outcry.launch an offensive into the southern city of Rafah despite growing international concern over the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there. Netanyahu said “no amount of international pressure will stop us from realising all the goals of the war”.before troops enter Rafah. “Our goal in eliminating the remaining terrorist battalions in Rafah goes hand-in-hand with enabling the civilian population to leave Rafah,” Netanyahu said at a press appearance alongside visiting. “It’s not something that we will do while keeping the population locked in place.” But as others have done, Scholz raised the question: “Where should they go?”. On Thursday, Schumer said he believed Netanyahu “has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel”. The Israeli prime minister responded on Sunday, saying that a pause in fighting to allow for elections to take place would paralyse the country for months. Netanyahu told CNN that he believed the Schumer intervention was “totally inappropriate”. White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday that Biden believed it was up to Israel to make its own decisions about internal politics . “We respect the sovereignty of the Israeli people,” Kirby told Fox News Sunday. “The president believes it’s up to the Israeli people and the Israeli government to determine if and when there’s going to be new elections.” Anti-poverty charity Oxfam on Monday accused Israel of intentionally preventing the delivery of aid into Gaza during its war with Hamas , in violation of international humanitarian law. The non-governmental organisation said in a report that Israel continued to “systematically and deliberately block and undermine any meaningful international humanitarian response” in the Palestinian territory.
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