{"id":7914,"date":"2023-11-17T18:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/what-we-know-about-shifa-hospital-2-days-after-israel-raided-it\/17\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:51:44","slug":"what-we-know-about-shifa-hospital-2-days-after-israel-raided-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/what-we-know-about-shifa-hospital-2-days-after-israel-raided-it\/17\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What we know about Shifa Hospital 2 days after Israel raided it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While the Israel Defense Forces said, ahead of its raid of Shifa Hospital in Gaza, that the medical facility was a base for the militant group Hamas, humanitarian groups such as the World Health Organization called this week for hospitals to be protected.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, IDF soldiers began a raid of the hospital, which was already struggling due to a lack of power, food and water.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages, according to officials. The retaliation from Israel in Gaza has killed more than 11,000 people, per the Gaza Health Ministry. The United Nations has called it a \u201c<a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pressure-israel-over-civilians-steps-030338448.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:graveyard for children;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">graveyard for children<\/a>,\u201d with thousands of young people and babies among the dead.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What was found<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/mObBKtLr4azvGoM7B5lujA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af1-8589-11ee-bf7f-af6e6a99b8ea\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Weapons and equipment, laid out on a floor, that Israel's army says it found at Shifa Hospital.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.hSv4gIIjNlsmMbxCDPtLg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af1-8589-11ee-bf7f-af6e6a99b8ea\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Weapons and equipment that Israel&#8217;s army says it found at Shifa Hospital, in a photo released by the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday. (Israel Defense Forces\/Handout via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what Israeli forces did or didn\u2019t discover in the hospital. In a statement released Wednesday, the IDF said it found \u201ctechnological assets, along with military and combat equipment used by Hamas,\u201d as well as \u201can operational command center and technological assets belonging to Hamas.\u201d The IDF released photos it said show weapons recovered during the raid. Hamas has a history of<a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2014\/07\/31\/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:storing weapons in hospitals, as well as schools and mosques;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \"> storing weapons in hospitals, as well as schools and mosques<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli government said it found the bodies of two hostages,<a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/israel-says-second-hostage-found-154122041.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a 65-year-old woman and a 19-year-old Israeli soldier;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> a 65-year-old woman and a 19-year-old Israeli soldier<\/a>, in the area of the hospital. On Thursday, the Israeli government said soldiers also found an \u201coperational tunnel shaft,\u201d although it <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/idf-says-hamas-hiding-evidence-182227370.html?guccounter=1\" data-ylk=\"slk:was unclear where the tunnel led;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was unclear where the tunnel led<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ahmed El Mokhallalati, who works at the hospital, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/doctor-says-israeli-forces-found-141131563.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:told Reuters;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told Reuters <\/a>on Friday, &#8220;They have found nothing. They have found no single resistance, no single gunshot, against them within the hospital area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News, which was given an IDF-guided tour of the hospital in the aftermath of the raid,<a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/israeli-troops-proof-hamas-gaza-172149379.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:said an Israeli soldier told its team;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> said an Israeli soldier told its team<\/a>, \u201cThis was not just one Hamas headquarter; this was at least three headquarters working simultaneously in the city and outside the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed for more evidence of those command centers, CBS News reported, the soldier said it was &#8220;not something you can see right now.&#8221; The outlet could go only where guided by the military.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What was previously said about the hospital<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/oN5HthPXcfCvO6GGIrGnzQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af0-8589-11ee-bbef-c551d0c25acf\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Patients and internally displaced people in a hallway at Shifa Hospital.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gPTxLBCkH5iExSl7i5TEFg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af0-8589-11ee-bbef-c551d0c25acf\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patients and internally displaced people in a hallway at Shifa Hospital.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gPTxLBCkH5iExSl7i5TEFg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af0-8589-11ee-bbef-c551d0c25acf\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Patients and internally displaced people at Shifa Hospital on Nov. 10. (Stringer\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Oct. 27<a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1718010359397634252\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the IDF posted to social media saying;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \"> the IDF posted to social media saying<\/a>, \u201cThe Shifa Hospital is not only the largest hospital in Gaza but it also acts as the main headquarters for Hamas\u2019 terrorist activity.\u201d The Israeli government said the militant group was coordinating rocket attacks from bunkers underneath the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The United States backed Israel. On Tuesday, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby<a data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/gma\/us-says-intelligence-hamas-used-211400728.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:told reporters;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> told reporters<\/a>, &#8220;I can confirm for you that we have information that Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, used some hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including Al-Shifa, and tunnels underneath them, to conceal and to support their military operations and to hold hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Pentagon spokesperson echoed Kirby\u2019s assessment: \u201cThey have weapons stored there and are prepared to respond to an Israeli military operation against the facility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the White House on Monday, President Biden said he was in contact with the Israeli government about the targeting of hospitals in Gaza, adding, \u201cHospitals must be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What\u2019s being said now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 640px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/IHIs7jQW_Jn4ah1rmBqm_A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af2-8589-11ee-bf7a-892a8eec4b4b\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"A Palestinian girl who was injured in an Israeli strike is assisted at Shifa Hospital, wearing a head bandage, after having her wounds stitched without anesthesia.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/L6aQQisoXn7VZYV.bFvn.Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af2-8589-11ee-bf7a-892a8eec4b4b\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Palestinian girl who was injured in an Israeli strike is assisted at Shifa Hospital, wearing a head bandage, after having her wounds stitched without anesthesia.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/L6aQQisoXn7VZYV.bFvn.Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2023-11\/d8d75af2-8589-11ee-bf7a-892a8eec4b4b\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">A Palestinian girl who was injured in an Israeli strike is assisted at Shifa Hospital on Nov. 8 after having her wounds stitched without anesthesia. (Doaa Rouqa\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When asked about the intel on Thursday, Kirby said he wasn\u2019t going to reveal it but repeated that \u201cwe&#8217;re confident in our own intelligence assessment about how Hamas was using that hospital.\u201d<a data-i13n=\"cpos:9;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/us-not-share-intelligence-connecting-164344249.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reuters reported;cpos:9;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Reuters reported<\/a> the same day that a source said the intelligence was \u201cdefinitive,\u201d citing communications between Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>While U.S. and Israeli officials have repeated that the hospital was a base of operations for Hamas, the World Health Organization and Human Rights Watch have expressed concerns. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, called Israel&#8217;s military incursion into the hospital \u201ctotally unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHospitals are not battlegrounds,\u201d he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a data-i13n=\"cpos:10;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/hrw-israeli-evidence-far-insufficient-143846261.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Human Rights Watch said Thursday;cpos:10;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Human Rights Watch said Thursday<\/a> that &#8220;hospitals only lose those protections if it can be shown that harmful acts have been carried out from the premises.\u201d The <a data-i13n=\"cpos:11;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/un-human-rights-chief-calls-075306629.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:United Nations said;cpos:11;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">United Nations said<\/a> it wanted to conduct an independent review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/what-we-know-shifa-hospital-gaza-israel-raid-evidence-225057857.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Israel Defense Forces said, ahead of its raid of Shifa Hospital in Gaza, that the medical facility was a base<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/what-we-know-about-shifa-hospital-2-days-after-israel-raided-it\/17\/11\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}