Hostage's body found near Shifa hospital

2023-11-16 19:15:00

In the building where armed forces discovered the body, they also reportedly found military equipment such as Kalashnikov submachine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The army informed the family of the dead on Thursday. According to Israeli media, she is 65 years old. According to reports, her husband was found shot dead in the shelter of the couple’s home following the Hamas massacre on October 7th. The two therefore have five children.

Israel’s army is currently with emergency services in the largest clinic in the Gaza Strip. Soldiers found command centers there, a military official said. Hundreds of patients and employees are still there.

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Israel has come under international criticism for its operations at Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital complex in the Gaza Strip. Some states accuse the country of war crimes. According to international humanitarian law, attacks on civilian targets such as hospitals are prohibited. However, according to international law experts, if civilian objects are misused for military purposes, this no longer necessarily applies.

Meanwhile, according to Defense Minister Joav Galant, Israel took control of the western part of the city of Gaza. “The next phase has begun,” Galant said Thursday, according to his office. The defense minister left it open what this phase of the Gaza war would look like. “The armed forces are acting precisely and decisively.” Soldiers had brought the western part of Gaza City under control within the past 24 hours, it said.

Terrorists from the Islamist Hamas and other groups crossed the border into Israel on October 7th in an unprecedented surprise attack and killed around 1,200 people there. They murdered through Israeli towns in the border area and attacked a music festival. Around 240 people were abducted to the Gaza Strip and held hostage there.