Israeli forces launched another raid on Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday, accusing Hamas militants of using it as a base, while the U.N. food agency
warned that “famine is imminent” in northern Gaza.
Israel raided the medical center in November after claiming that Hamas was concealing a major command and control center within and beneath the compound. It revealed a tunnel running to an underground bunker beneath the hospital, and some weapons discovered inside, but not the elaborate facilities it had described before the raid.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the army attacked the hospital, directing gun and missile fire at a building used for specialized surgeries. “And at the same time we are making it clear here in Brussels: The suffering in Gaza must finally come to an end,” the minister said. He said that Israel is preventing hundreds of aid trucks from entering Gaza, and he urged the Israeli authorities to stop hindering the aid effort.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the army attacked the hospital early Monday, directing gun and missile fire at a building used for specialized surgeries. It says a fire broke out at the hospital’s gate. In recent days, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way.” President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech,” and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza.
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