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Israel raids Gaza hospital Al Shifa in hunt for Hamas operatives

Last updated on - Nov 16, 2023, 13:00 IST

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Israeli troops enter the Al Shifa hospital

Israeli soldiers inspect the Al Shifa hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City (Photo credit: Israel Defense Forces/Handout, Reuters)

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Al Shifa: A shelter for Hamas?

For years, Israelis have asserted that Hamas militants use Al Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, as a cover for their operations. Meanwhile, both Hamas itself and hospital staff have consistently denied these allegations. (Reuters photo)

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Weapons search

While the exact objective of the Al Shifa operation remains unclear, an official wishing to remain anonymous said, "IDF soldiers have already found weapons and other terror infrastructure. In the last hour, we saw concrete evidence that Hamas terrorists used the Shifa hospital as a terror headquarters." (Reuters photo)

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'Precise and targeted operation'

According to the unnamed military official, the storming of Al Shifa hospital was 'an extremely precise and targeted operation'. The 'forces are present in one specific area of the very large Shifa hospital complex' as the 'soldiers make a slow and deliberate progress based on intelligence'. (Reuters)

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'No fighting inside the hospital'

An official informed reporters that there was no combat within the hospital complex after the soldiers arrived overnight. He also stated that there was no conflict with medical staff or patients, as they were located in a different section of the site. (Reuters photo)

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Weapons found in the hospital

Israeli forces discovered weapons and identified "terror infrastructure" during an ongoing operation at a specific site within Al Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip, as stated by the senior military official. (Reuters photo)

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Militants killed, terrorist captured

The IDF military official stated that four militants died in a confrontation outside Al Shifa as Israeli soldiers attempted to enter the complex. He mentioned that during the search, soldiers interrogated individuals in the area, saying, "I have an understanding that one of them is Hamas." (AFP photo)

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