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Israel announces military operation at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital
The Israeli military has said that it is conducting a “precise operation” in the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, claiming that Hamas is using the medical facility to “conduct and promote terrorist activity”.
“We know that senior Hamas terrorists have regrouped inside the [al-Shifa] Hospital and are using it to command attacks against Israel,” Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in a video posted on X.
He added that the Israeli military would be conducting a “humanitarian effort” during the planned assault, providing food and water, while he emphasised that there is “no obligation” for patients and medical staff to evacuate the hospital.
Israeli forces open fire inside al-Shifa hospital: Report
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces have surrounded the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, where hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced people are sheltering.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting deaths and injuries after Israeli forces opened fire inside Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital.
Gaza’s health ministry condemns Israeli operation at al-Shifa
The health ministry in Gaza has released a statement on the ongoing Israeli operation. It says:
- We hold the Israeli occupation responsible for the lives of medical staff, patients and displace people inside al-Shifa Medical Complex.
- What the occupation forces are doing is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
- The Israeli occupation is still using its fabricated narratives to deceive the world and justify the storming of al-Shifa Medical Complex.
Israel launches ‘intense’ artillery attacks on Khan Younis: Report
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces have launched “intense” artillery shelling targeting the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. They are also reporting Israeli attacks on Gaza City and clashes near the city’s Al-Shifa Hospital.
Israel blocking aid despite ICJ genocide ruling, Oxfam says
UK charity Oxfam has accused Israel of “actively hindering” aid operations in Gaza, defying orders by the International Court of Justice to prevent genocide in the besieged Palestinian enclave.
In a new report, Oxfam outlined seven ways Israel prevents the delivery of aid, including by only opening two crossings into Gaza, imposing a dysfunctional inspection system that keeps supplies snarled up and cracking down on humanitarian missions.
“The ICJ order should have shocked Israeli leaders to change course, but since then conditions in Gaza have actually worsened,” said Sally Abi Khalil, Oxfam’s Middle East and North Africa Director. “Israeli authorities are not only failing to facilitate the international aid effort but are actively hindering it. We believe that Israel is failing to take all measures within its power to prevent genocide.”
Israel has created “the perfect storm for humanitarian collapse and only the state of Israel can fix it”, she added.
