2024-03-18 09:26:57
The Israeli military has called on the population of the Gaza Strip to evacuate Al-Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza. “To ensure your safety, you must leave the area immediately,” army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Monday on the online service X. The army thus made a U-turn. At the beginning of her campaign once morest alleged terrorists, she declared that an evacuation was not necessary. According to Hamas, there were dead and injured in the hospital.
“All people on site” should first move west and then south to a “humanitarian area,” the spokesman said. The army initially announced that the patients did not have to leave the hospital. The troops had been instructed to act cautiously in their action once morest senior leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas. Injuries to patients, civilians and medical personnel should be avoided, it said.
According to the terrorist organization Hamas, a fire broke out during the Israeli military operation. Women and children suffocated because of the smoke. There are said to be “tens of thousands” of displaced people in the complex.
Hamas said the clinic building was shelled without any attention being given to patients, medical staff or those seeking protection there. People are trapped in operating rooms and the emergency room. Communication with the hospital was lost. “There are casualties, including dead and injured, and it is impossible to save anyone because the fire is so intense,” said the statement from the health authority controlled by the terrorists. Anyone who comes near the windows will be targeted.
According to the Israeli army, intelligence suggests that the clinic in the city of Gaza is being used by senior members of the Islamist Hamas to carry out terrorist activities.
Eyewitnesses on the scene reported Israeli air strikes to the AFP news agency from the al-Rimal district, where the hospital is located. Dozens of tanks are positioned around the site. Shooting and fighting began shortly following dawn on the grounds and around the hospital. A joint statement from the Israeli army and secret service later said: “Terrorists opened fire on our troops from the hospital. The soldiers fired back.” People may have been hit by the shots.
Al-Shifa Hospital is one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities in the Gaza Strip. Israel has long accused Hamas of using hospitals as shelters. The Islamist group denies this.
Meanwhile, the Hamas-controlled health authority released new figures on the death toll from Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip. According to this, 31,726 Palestinians have been killed and 73,792 injured since the offensive began. The figures cannot be independently verified, but are considered credible by international organizations and are not disputed by Israel. However, this indicates that there are more than 13,000 Hamas terrorists among the dead.
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