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2023-11-11 08:55:52
Communication with al-Shifa Hospital was interrupted
Communication with al-Shifa Hospital, the main hospital in Gaza, was disrupted. Haaretz reports that the Israeli army besieged two other hospitals, Rantisi and Nasser, during the night. Israel has reiterated several times that Hamas is using Al-Shifa Hospital as a “shield” to hide the entrance to a network of military tunnels from which the organization’s leader, Yihya Sinwar, allegedly operates.
2023-11-11 08:17:06
Israel: Since the start of the war, it has captured eleven Hamas strongholds in the Gaza Strip
Since the start of the war, the Israeli army has taken control of eleven Hamas strongholds in the Gaza Strip. The military spokesman made the announcement, adding that Nahal Brigade forces located and destroyed Hamas attack tunnels near a school during the night. The soldiers – he continued – destroyed targets of the Hamas naval squadron and also a cell that wanted to attack the troops.
2023-11-11 08:16:38
Israel: Hospital explosion in Gaza due to Palestinian rocket
The Israeli army reiterated that it did not fire in yesterday’s fighting around Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and blamed the incident on a failed rocket launch by Palestinian groups. This was announced by the military spokesman quoted by the media. Instead, Hamas blamed Israel for the bombing of the facility and the resulting casualties.
2023-11-11 07:15:01
Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia will host an extraordinary summit between the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation today “in response to the exceptional circumstances in Gaza.” Riyadh is making this known.
by Mauro Evangelisti
Four hospitals under siege. “What is happening is unbearable, thousands of lives are in danger,” denounces the International Committee of the Red Cross after the Israeli army’s actions intensified. Richard Hecht, spokesman for the IDF (Jewish State Armed Forces), responds: “If the Israeli army sees Hamas terrorists shooting from hospitals in Gaza, it will do what needs to be done.” Statement by Dr. Mohammad Abu Mughaiseb, deputy coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza: “The population is afraid to go to hospitals. I was on my way to work in Al Shifa when it was hit. We were all horrified, some fell to the ground. I saw corpses, including women and children. A terrible scene that made us all cry. The staff were very scared and tried to save themselves and ensure the safety of their families. Some have stayed inside, others are moving south with the displaced people. According to Hamas, there are 13 victims. The IDF responds: The hospital was hit by terrorists, not us (“An operational systems investigation shows that a projectile fired by terrorist organizations inside the Gaza Strip reached Shifa Hospital and targeted us.”) those operating nearby Troops”). Last night, the evacuation began of the Al-Shifa hospital area, where, according to the Israelis, the Hamas command center is hidden, but where 50,000 people had sought refuge (in addition to 2,500 patients). According to Al Jazeera, “Israeli Troops in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, al-Shati refugee camp and also in the eastern areas of the Gaza Strip as they try to push further into the central areas. “They are just one kilometer away from Al-Shifa Hospital.” Regarding the During operations in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced that the 401st Brigade destroyed Hamas’ Shati Battalion’s Badr stronghold in the north, killing 150 terrorists. Fierce fighting in the streets of Gaza, the Israeli army is advancing. The shots are also reaching the health facilities, the doctors warn: It is a humanitarian catastrophe, we no longer have fuel to run the facilities, patients would die from the bombing.
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The base
But why is Israel besieging and bombing hospital areas? The answer comes from a video released by the IDF with the sentences uttered during interrogations of two Hamas terrorists captured after the October 7 massacre: “Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and others are in hiding the large hospital in Shifa. Commanders,” “Hamas uses ambulances to transport important people and things.
They know that the Jews will not attack them. This is the IDF’s version: We know that Hamas leaders are hiding in the hospitals, especially in Al-Shifa and especially in the adjacent tunnels. The hospital director replies: “That is an absolute lie.” Yesterday, Hamas also denounced: The Israeli air strikes “on the al-Buraq school claimed 50 lives.” The military district near Al-Shifa Hospital is viewed by Israelis as the center of the terrorist group’s operational and intelligence activities. The hunt for Sinwar, the head of Hamas, is a priority: the 61-year-old mastermind of the October 7 massacre is “barricaded in his bunker,” according to Defense Minister Gallant. He was born in the Khan Younis refugee camp, studied at the Islamic University of Gaza and had a very specific mission in his youth: to kill those in the Gaza Strip who collaborated with the Jewish state. He also killed two Israeli soldiers and spent 24 years in prison. Before he was released, Israeli doctors saved his life in 2006 by operating on a brain tumor. His hatred did not subside and in 2018 he declared: “We will rip out their hearts.” Al Jazeera broke the news of the murder of a young woman, Roaa Haniyeh, the niece of the head of Hamas’ political office, Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza, who, however, remains safe in a luxurious residence in Doha, and he recently explained his cynical logic in a video interview: “We need the blood of Palestinian women, children and the elderly to reawaken the revolutionary spirit within us and to propel us forward.” Israeli sources also released a clip showing dozens of Palestinians carrying white flags trying to escape Al-Nasr Hospital after the IDF issued the evacuation order. They are forced to turn back by gunfire. According to the Israelis, the shooters were Hamas men. The director of Al-Nasr Hospital gave CNN a different version last night: “We are surrounded by tanks.” We can’t leave. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns: “Too many Palestinians have been killed.” Margaret Harris, WHO spokeswoman: “Twenty of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are no longer in operation due to heavy bombing, destruction and a lack of medical care.” Even those are still in operation The facilities located have neither disinfectants, anesthetics nor electricity.”
the hell
The director of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, Atef Kahlout, says activities are stopped “due to a lack of fuel.” The Red Crescent (equivalent to the Red Cross) confirms that there was a very heavy firefight in the area of another hospital, Al-Quds, within the city of Gaza, with “Israeli snipers firing.” An initial number speaks of one dead and 20 injured. Tanks and armored vehicles are also deployed near the al-Rantisi and Nasser hospitals. “If there is hell on earth today, it is called North Gaza,” comments Jens Larke, spokesman for the UN Humanitarian Office.