Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated this Wednesday that “there will be no place” in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, that Israel “will not reach, no hiding place, no refuge,” and when the Israeli Army entered The largest hospital in the Palestinian territory.
“We are going to reach and eliminate Hamas and recover the hostages”, two “sacred missions”, declared the head of the Government during a visit to a military base in Israel.
“There will be no refuge for Hamas killers,” he said.
The Israeli Army today entered the largest hospital in Gaza considering that the facilities house a strategic Hamas base, an operation that is causing serious concern for the thousands of Palestinian refugees who are there.
“Were they asked us not to enter Gaza? Well, we did anyway. They told us we wouldn’t make it to the entrance to Gaza City, and we did. They told us we couldn’t enter Al-Shifa hospital. And we are there,” he added.
The Al Shifa hospital, an immense complex that for several days has been the center of fighting between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters, represents a priority objective for Israel, which has stated that it intends to “annihilate” Hamas, in power in Gaza. . since the October 7 attacks led by the Islamist group in Israeli territory.
Intense fighting continued between Israeli military 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 are located, 4 million inhabitants of the country’s territory. They have already been displaced following Israel’s military action, indicated the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The enclave has been under a total siege by Israel since October 9, with the population deprived of water, electricity, food and medicine.
A part of this population took refuge in the south, near the border with Egypt, but hundreds of thousands remain in the midst of the fighting, in the north of the territory. According to several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the situation is “disastrous for everyone.”
In the Gaza Strip, where Israel says it intends to “annihilate” Hamas, Israeli bombings in retaliation for the Oct. 7 attack have already killed 11,320 people, mostly civilians, including 4,650 children, according to the ministry. of Hamas Health.
According to Israeli authorities, about 1,200 people were killed in Israel in the Hamas attack on October 7, including about 350 military and police officers.
Source: TSF
