AA / Jerusalem / Rania Ra Abushamala
Israeli forces killed more than 200 Palestinians during an ongoing raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, the Israeli army said on Thursday.
A military statement said armed forces continued to battle the hospital, adding that around 200 saboteurs had been killed.
The military said its forces had evacuated civilians, patients and medical personnel to another part of the hospital, which the military had prepared and established to continue providing appropriate medical care, the statement said.
On March 18, the Israeli army attacked the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip, where thousands of patients and displaced people are housed.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians, mostly children and women, in addition to unprecedented humanitarian disaster and destruction. The massive infrastructure that led to Tel Aviv. They were brought before the International Court on charges of “genocide”.
Palestinian groups estimate that thousands of Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip since October. 7.
Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population, especially those in northern Gaza, on the brink of starvation.
Israel’s war has led to the internal displacement of 85% of Gaza’s population due to acute shortages of food, drinking water and medicine, and 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the United Nations.
Israel is accused of genocide before the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling issued in January ordered Tel Aviv to end acts of genocide and take steps to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.
* Translated from English by Malek Jomni
Source: AA
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