Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated on Wednesday that “there will be no place in Gaza” that Israel “will not reach, no shelter, no refuge.”
“We are going to reach and eliminate Hamas and bring back the hostages,” two “sacred missions,” the head of government declared during a visit to a military base in Israel, speaking about the Israeli army’s access to the largest hospital in the world. world. the Palestinian territory.
“There will be no shelter for the murderers of Hamas,” he said.
The Israeli army today entered Gaza’s largest hospital as the facilities house a strategic Hamas base, an operation that is raising serious concerns due to the thousands of Palestinian refugees there.
‘They asked us not to enter Gaza? Well, we did that anyway. They told us we would not reach the entrance to Gaza City, and we did. They told us that we could not enter al-Shifa hospital. we are,” he added.
The al-Shifa hospital, an immense complex that has been at the center of fighting between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters for several days, represents a priority target for Israel, which has said it intends to overthrow Hamas, which is in power in Gaza, to ‘destroy’. since the October 7 attacks led by the Islamist group on Israeli territory.
Heavy fighting continued between Israeli forces and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam militias, the armed wing of Hamas and other Palestinian armed formations in the northern Gaza Strip, where 1.65 of the 2.4 million residents of the country’s territory are occupied. have already been displaced as a result of Israel’s military action, the UN Coordination Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
The enclave has been under complete siege by Israel since October 9, with the population deprived of water, electricity, food and medicine.
Part of this population took refuge in the south, close to the Egyptian border, but hundreds of thousands remain in the middle of the fighting, in the north of the area. According to several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the situation is “disastrous for everyone”.
In the Gaza Strip, where Israel claims it wants to “destroy” Hamas, Israeli bombings in retaliation for the October 7 attack have already caused the deaths of 11,320 people, mostly civilians, including 4,650 children, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.
According to Israeli authorities, around 1,200 people were killed in Israel in the October 7 Hamas attack, including around 350 military and police personnel.
Source: DN
