IDF claims it has arrested more than 500 suspected militants during the raid.
Smoke rises above buildings during Israeli bombardment as people fleeing the Al-Shifa hospital compound and its vicinity in Gaza City, reach the central part of the Gaza Strip on March 21, 2024.
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Thursday the operation at Al-Shifa would go on "for some days." They have captured several members of the Islamic Jihad chain of command and several senior Hamas officials, according to Hagari. Al-Shifa Hospital officials said that among those who were arrested were journalists and medical workers. The majority of those arrested were beaten and forced to strip, the officials added.
This is not the first time Israeli forces have raided the Al-Shifa medical complex during the war with Hamas. An operation also occurred in November, with IDF soldiers claiming they found weapons and a tunnel complex at the hospital.. The World Health Organization said medical staff have gone periods without electricity or water and have been forced to move babies from neonatal intensive incubators after fuel ran out.
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