The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raided Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and found no evidence of significant military activity by Palestinian Hamas fighters at the medical facility. The newspaper reports this Washington Post (WP)Quoting an unnamed European diplomat.
As stated in the publication, the Israeli side hoped that “indisputable evidence” of such activities would be found at the medical facility during the “controversial raid”. WP writes that the lack of direct evidence has led Israel’s Western allies, including the United States, to increase pressure on the Jewish state to “accept a cessation of the war.”
Formerly in the Israel Defense Forces statedIt was stated that the Israeli army continues to scan the Al-Shifa hospital building in Gaza, and during the operation, weapons, military equipment and the command center of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas were already discovered. The IDF added that the Israeli army continues to conduct special screening of the hospital based on available intelligence.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.