The Israeli army reported on Monday (13) that its troops in Gaza City were attacked by “a terrorist group”. [do Hamas] “hid among a group of civilians at the entrance to a hospital” and retaliated, killing 21 Palestinians.
The military spokesman said its troops were attacked with gunfire and rocket launchers at the entrance to AlQuds Hospital in Gaza City. On its account on X, formerly Twitter, the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) published images of a terrorist armed with a rocket launcher (see below).
“Soldiers identified a terrorist group with two rocket launchers among the civilian population,” the army reported, adding that one of its tanks was damaged in the attack.
Israeli forces which include armored vehicles, infantry and engineering troops responded with support from the air force and killed 21 terrorists, the Israeli military spokesman added, without saying whether there were any civilians who died trying to leave the hospital at the time .
The army spokesman said the incident was “another example of Hamas continuing to abuse civilian facilities, including hospitals, to carry out attacks.”
On Monday, Palestinian Red Crescent emergency services reported a failed attempt to evacuate an unspecified number of patients, doctors and displaced people from AlQuds Hospital, which ceased operations yesterday, saying there was no water, no There is no food or electricity.
According to the latest information from the Gaza Strip Health Ministry, AlShifa Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital are the only medical facilities in the north of the enclave that are still functioning at minimal levels.
Israeli air, land and naval forces have kept the Gaza Strip under fire since October 7, when the war against Hamas was unleashed following an attack by the Islamist group in southern Israel that left about 1,200 people dead and about 240 kidnapped.
Israel has justified several attacks on hospitals and ambulances by arguing that Hamas is using these civilian structures as hideouts.
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