.THE LAWS of battle give exclusive protection to medical centers. They lose that protection if they are made use of for “unsafe” shows. Israel has long asserted that al-Shifa medical facility, the largest in the Gaza Bit, works as a crucial demand center for Hamas, the team which eliminated or even took hostage around 1,400 folks in Israel on October 7th.
In the very early hours of Nov 15th, after a tense six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force task force unit, entered one segment of the medical center.