The hospital's director told an Arab-speaking officer from the IDF's Coordination and Liaison Administration that patients well enough to evacuate were already transferred, while most of the staff left too. The only patients left are too sick to evacuate.
The IDF reported that its forces are expanding their offensive activity in the Gaza Strip saying that over past day, the forces of the 36th Division - its largest regular service armoured division - launched an attack in the Zeitoun region and the forces of the 162nd Armored Division launche
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) forces continued with their operations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, during which more weapons and other terrorist-related items were found in a school.
The Israel Defence Forces on Saturday denied that they demanded Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City to evacuate within an hour, adding that it only accepted the requests of the medical centre's director to make a safe route for those who wished to leave, The Times of Israel reported.
The body of 19-year-old IDF soldier Corporal Noa Marciano, who was abducted by Hamas, was extracted by IDF troops from a structure adjacent to the Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza.
The Jerusalem journalists group said that the IFJ, along with the Palestinian Journalists Association, "without any investigation and without any checking of the facts," is blaming Israel for the death of at least 35 reporters and journalistic staff covering the Hamas war.
Without elaborating, the Israel Defense Forces said a Palestinian terrorist who opened fire on Israeli soldiers near Hebron was "neutralized" when the troops returned fire.
As Israel continues to retaliate by attacking the Hamas terror group in Gaza, India is planning to send more humanitarian assistance to the affected civilians in the region.
The IDF said that the house was used as terrorist infrastructure and a meeting point for Hamas' senior leaders to direct terrorist attacks against Israel.