Israel launches night raid on Gaza al-Shifa hospital

[irisblue]

Source: BBC radio

snip-"Israeli forces have launched an overnight raid on the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire at the facility.

An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said the IDF was carrying out a "high precision operation in limited areas" of the hospital.

The IDF said "senior Hamas terrorists have regrouped" inside the hospital and are using it to launch attacks.

Eyewitnesses described a state of panic inside the complex in Gaza City."

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68594153

[jimfields33]

1. Hamas is just asking for it.

“senior Hamas terrorists have regrouped" inside the hospital and are using it to launch attacks.

[madaboutharry]

2. This is SOP for Hamas.

The Israel Defense Forces says troops are operating overnight at the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza City amid intelligence that senior Hamas officials were in the area and using the hospital to plan and carry out terror activity.

In a statement overnight, the military says troops at the hospital were “briefed in advance regarding the importance of preventing harm to civilians, patients, medical teams, and medical equipment” and that Arabic speakers were with the security forces to facilitate communication with patients and staff.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-18-2024/#liveblog-entry-3247664

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. Pro Hamas people like Cornell West will use this to attack Israel.

[former9thward]

4. IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas interior ministry ops chief

During the IDF and the Shin Bet's reinvasion of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza on Monday, they killed Hamas's Interior Ministry Operations Chief Faack Mabhough.

Mabhough has been in charge of all of Hamas's internal security forces both during the war and during peacetime.

Israeli forces killed Mabhough during an exchange of gunfire when he resisted arrest and had been trying to hide within the Shifa complex.

In the room next to his hiding spot, significant Hamas weaponry was located.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792523