Israeli Troops Exit Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

Published on April 1, 2024

JERUSALEM/CAIRO—Israeli forces left Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week operation. Hundreds of people, including some who had been sheltering in the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital prior to the Israeli incursion, rushed back to check the damage and hunt for belongings. The Israeli military said it had killed or detained hundreds of Hamas terrorists in the hospital area, seized weaponry and intelligence documents, lost two soldiers in fighting, but sought to prevent harm to civilians, patients, or medics. Hamas and medics deny any armed presence in hospitals. The Hamas-run Gaza media office said Israeli forces killed 400 Palestinians around Al Shifa, including a woman doctor and her son, also a doctor, and put the medical facility out of function. There was no immediate Israeli response....