The Israeli army said it killed more than 200 Palestinians in a hospital in Gaza

AA / Jerusalem / Rania Ra Abushamala

Israeli forces killed more than 200 Palestinians during an attack on Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the Israeli military announced on Thursday.

The military statement said that the armed forces continued fighting in the hospital, adding that about “200 saboteurs” had been eliminated.

The military said its forces evacuated civilians, patients and medical personnel to another part of the hospital, which the military had prepared and set up to allow for proper medical care, the statement said.

On March 18, the Israeli army attacked the hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip, which houses thousands of patients and displaced persons.

Israel has been waging a devastating war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, which has caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties, mostly children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian disaster and destruction. huge infrastructure, which brought Tel Aviv to the International Court of Justice for “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 blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population, especially the residents of northern Gaza, on the brink of starvation.

Israel’s war has caused the internal displacement of 85% of Gaza’s population, due to severe shortages of food, drinking water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel is accused of genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to end acts of genocide and take steps to ensure humanitarian aid is provided to civilians in Gaza.

*Translated from English by Malèk Jomni

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