.THE regulations of war give exclusive security to medical centers. They drop that defense if they are used for “harmful” acts. Israel has actually long asserted that al-Shifa hospital, the most extensive in the Gaza Bit, acts as a vital demand facility for Hamas, the group which killed or even hijacked around 1,400 folks in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the early hours of November 15th, after a tense six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force task force unit, entered one part of the hospital.