.THE legislations of battle give exclusive security to hospitals. They shed that defense if they are made use of for “harmful” acts. Israel has long claimed that al-Shifa medical facility, the most extensive in the Gaza Strip, functions as an essential demand centre for Hamas, the team which eliminated or even took hostage around 1,400 people in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the very early hrs of November 15th, after a tense six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force commando system, went into one part of the medical facility.