Since the start of the war in October last year, Israel has conducted several raids on hospitals and their territory in the Gaza Strip, claiming that the medical complexes are occupied by militants of the Islamist group “Hamas”.
According to the Red Crescent, heavy shelling and shelling were heard near the Nasser and al-Amal hospitals in the southern part of the Palestinian enclave.
The organization said a hospital volunteer was killed in an Israeli strike early Sunday. The AFP news agency has asked the Jewish state’s military for comment.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, messages broadcast from the drones demanded that all people inside the al-Amal hospital leave the building.
“All of our crews are in great danger right now and they can’t.” [niekur] to move,” the organization said.
According to the Israeli military, it launched the operation in the Amal district “to further destroy terrorist infrastructure and eliminate terrorists operating in the area.”
The military added that the operation began with air strikes on around 40 targets, including military compounds, tunnels and other “terrorist infrastructure”.
Earlier this week, Israeli forces launched a major operation that is still ongoing, claiming to be targeting Hamas fighters in and around the Palestinian enclave’s largest hospital, al-Shifa.
The war began when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing regarding 1,160 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
The Israeli army retaliated once morest Hamas, killing 32,226 people, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Palestinian militants took regarding 250 hostages — Israelis and foreigners — in an Oct. 7 attack on Israel, but dozens were released during a week-long ceasefire in November.
Israel believes there are still regarding 130 hostages in the Gaza Strip, including 33 who are believed to be dead – eight soldiers and 25 civilians.
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2024-03-31 16:59:53