The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated that Hamas sees ill Gazans as an opportunity to put the most vulnerable in the line of fire and is using them as a shield.
The military added that forces were joined by medical teams and Arabic speakers "who have undergone specified training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment, with the intent that no harm is caused to the civilians being used by Hamas as human shields."
In a significant boost to the firepower of the defence forces, all three defence forces will now have long-range cruise missiles of the Nirbhay class in their arsenal to strike targets at ranges of over 1,000 Km range.
The Israel Defence Forces on Tuesday announced that it is coordinating the transfer of incubators from Israel to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, reported The Times of Israel.
The IDF reported this morning that over the past 24 hours, the Air Force attacked about 200 different Hamas targets, including terrorists, weapons production sites, anti-tank missile launch sites, and military headquarters.
Foreign radical activists have been openly agitating against Israel and its defence forces in Judea and Samaria, even as the country is embroiled in a war.
Hamas had lost control in the Gaza Strip as the Israel Defence Forces moved to fully capture Gaza City, the country's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said as the Israel-Hamas war entered day 39.
He will meet with Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, according to Cohen's office.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) previously suggested that hospitals could lose their protection from attack under international law if used for terror purposes.
Hagari said that the Navy's elite Shayetet 13 commando unit and the 401st Armored Brigade have raided Gaza City's Rantisi Hospital, which treats children, and that Hamas operatives were hiding there.