Israeli Troops Raid Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital

Published on March 18, 2024

JERUSALEM/CAIRO—Israeli troops raided the compound of Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital early on Monday in an operation that Palestinian health authorities said caused multiple casualties and set off a fierce fire in one of the buildings. The Israeli military said soldiers had conducted a “precise operation” based on intelligence that the hospital was being used by senior Hamas leaders, and were fired upon when they entered the compound. “The troops responded with live fire and hits were identified. Our troops are continuing to operate in the area of the hospital,” it said in a statement. Al Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital before the war, is now one of the only health care facilities that is even partially operational in the north of the territory, and is also housing hundreds of displaced civilians....

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