Palestinians who fled during an ongoing Israeli raid in and around the Gaza Strip’s main hospital describe days of heavy fighting, mass arrests and forced marches past dead bodies and flattened buildings. The Israeli military says it has killed over 170 militants and detained some 480 suspects in the raid on Shifa Hospital that began last Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be “a mistake” and unnecessary to defeating Hamas. He spoke Thursday, Mar. 21 after meeting with top Arab diplomats in Cairo for discussions over efforts for a cease-fire and over ideas for Gaza’s post-conflict future. U.S.
Kareem Ayman Hathat, who lived with his parents and two brothers in a five-story building about 100 meters from the hospital, said they huddled in the kitchen for days while gunfire and explosions echoed outside, sometimes causing the whole building to shake. “We will finish this operation only when the last terrorist is in our hands — alive or dead,” he added in a statement released by the military on Saturday.
The military said Saturday that it had evacuated patients and medical staff from Shifa’s emergency department because militants had “entrenched” themselves in the building. The army said it had set up an alternative site where seriously wounded patients were receiving care.
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