What we know about the Israeli military operation at al-Chifa hospital in northern Gaza

What we know about the Israeli military operation at al-Chifa hospital in northern Gaza

This Wednesday, November 15, the Israeli army entered the al-Chifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, where thousands of displaced Palestinians are crowded together.

As the war between Israel and Hamas begins its 40 yearsAnd Today, Wednesday 15 November, the Israeli army announced that it was carrying out an operation inal-Chifa hospitalthe largest in the Gaza Strip, located in the north, he reportedFrench media agency.

Thousands of people take refuge there. Doctors, patients, but also Palestinian civilians displaced by the war. But the Israeli army believes that this hospital hosts a strategic Hamas infrastructure and carries out “ a targeted and precision operation “. He claims that Hamas uses the population as if it were “human shields”. The Islamist movement and the Gaza Ministry of Health formally deny this fact and have repeatedly requested his visit “international commissions of inquiry”.

An operation that worries the UN

An operation that worries many organizations, with doctors and international NGOs saying that no one can leave this hospital under penalty of being targeted by gunfire. This was stated by the International Committee of the Red Cross “extremely worried” of the impact of this military offensive. He remembers it “Patients, medical personnel and civilians must be protected at all times” and indicates being in contact “with the authorities concerned”.

Hamas Deputy Minister of Health, Youssef Abou Richpresent in the hospital, he declared “dozens of soldiers and commandos” The Israelis were “to the emergency room and reception” from the hospital and “The tanks entered the hospital complex”. It implores the UN and the international community to intervene to put an end to this operation.

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The director of al-Chifa Mohammed Abu Salmiya reported Tuesday, Nov. 14, that at least “ 179 bodies » he had to be buried in a mass grave. More generally, since October 9th and the start of the Israeli bombings on Gaza, the humanitarian situation has greatly worried NGOs. The population is deprived of supplies of water, electricity, food and medicine. Humanitarian aid is gradually arriving from Egypt.

Since the beginning of the war, Israeli bombings have killed 11,320 peoplemostly civilians, including 4,650 children, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health. Israeli side, approximately 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas attack on October 7, the vast majority of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities 240 hostages they were kidnapped and brought back to Gaza.


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