2023-11-15 21:24:02
To better understand the latest events in the conflict between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel, 20 Minutes takes stock every evening. Between the strong declarations, the diplomatic advances or the dramatic results of the fighting, here are the main points of the day.
News of the day
The Israeli army invaded Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest healthcare facility in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, ordering Palestinian refugees to surrender. “All men aged 16 and over, raise your hands in the air and exit the buildings towards the inner courtyard to surrender,” Israeli soldiers shouted over the loudspeakers, in Arabic. Soldiers carried out interrogations within the hospital itself.
For several years, Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals in the Gaza Strip as bases and of using the sick as “human shields”. “There is no place in Gaza” that Israel “will not reach,” insisted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After their “targeted operation”, the Israeli army withdrew from Al-Shifa where, according to the UN, there are 2,300 people, including patients, caregivers and displaced people.
The number of the day
23.000. Like the number of liters of fuel delivered to the Gaza Strip via Egypt, a first delivery since the start of the conflict on October 7 and the blockade organized by Israel. The gasoline, delivered to the UN, must be used to transport humanitarian aid to the territory. But this first shipment is not enough, lamented the UN agency, for the Palestinian refugees.
Sentence of the day
We have proof that the hospital (in Al-Shifa) was used for military and terrorist purposes contrary to international laws”
These are the words of Daniel Hagari. The Israeli army spokesperson claims that “ammunition, weapons and military equipment” from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas were found in Al-Shifa hospital. Information immediately denied by the Hamas Ministry of Health, which specified that it “does not authorize” the presence of weapons in health establishments.
Today’s trend
Qatar on Wednesday called for an “international investigation” into Israeli military operations against hospitals in the Gaza Strip, denouncing the raid on Al-Shifa as a war crime.
Furthermore, Hamas announced a new death toll of 11,500, including more than 4,700 children, since the start of the October 7 war.
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