Thursday, March 21, 2024

Israel acknowledges killing 90 Palestinians at Al-Shifa Hospital

from Daily Sabah

The Israeli army acknowledged Wednesday that it killed at least 90 Palestinians during a two-day raid in Al-Shifa Hospital and surrounding areas in Gaza City.

It also arrested 160 others and transferred them to Israel for further interrogation, while 300 are still being interrogated at the site in the hospital, the military said in a statement.

It noted that the Israeli troops were still fighting in the areas around the Al-Shifa Hospital and claimed that they were avoiding harm to civilians, patients, medical teams and the medical equipment there.

Al Shifa, the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital before the war, is now one of the few health care facilities that are even partially operational in the north of the territory and has also been housing displaced civilians.

Earlier Tuesday, the Media Office in Gaza said the people held in Al-Shifa Hospital, including patients and medical teams, were without food and water under the Israeli siege.

It also said some 250 Palestinian civilians have been killed and injured in the hospital by the Israeli forces...

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