Israeli troops clashed this Wednesday with militants from the Islamist group Hamas. near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza Citya, inside which Israeli soldiers are conducting a “selective operation,” a military spokesman said.

Before entering the hospital, military personnel “discovered explosive devices and terrorist cells, as well as “A confrontation began, during which the terrorists died.”indicated the Israeli army, without specifying the number of dead, although the local press claims there were five.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a video message that “the ground forces are conducting precise and selective operation against Hamas in a certain area of ​​Al-Shifa Hospital” with the goal of “defeating Hamas and rescuing the hostages.”

There is currently no word on what they found. traces of any of the 239 hostages.

Israel claims Hamas has its main command center in grounds (possibly underground) of Al-Shifa Hospitalwhich the Islamist group, which has de facto controlled the sector since 2007, denies.

“The White House and Pentagon’s support for the unsubstantiated occupation narrative that the resistance is using the Al-Shifa Medical Complex for military purposes has effectively given the occupation authorities “Green light to commit new massacres against civilians,” Hamas said this in a statement.

The Israeli army claims it previously gave Palestinian militants 12 hours to cease all hostilities on the hospital grounds. He called on “all Hamas terrorists in the hospital to surrender.”

Al Shifa Hospital, the most important in the sector. a few days ago I was left without electricity, drinking water and food and is home to approximately 9,000 people, including displaced people, medical staff and patients, including more than 30 premature babies whose lives are at risk.

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Israeli troops are stationed at the site “include Arabic-language medical equipment, “They have undergone special training to prepare for this difficult and sensitive environment, with the intention of not causing any harm to civilians who are being used as human shields by Hamas,” Hagari said.

This morning the Israeli army announced that it had taken Shifa. “incubators, baby food and medicines”, and that his troops “facilitated a large-scale evacuation of hospitals.”

According to the Israeli army, its troops were was attacked by “a squad of terrorists hiding among a group of civilians at the entrance to the hospital” To which they responded with fire and killed 21 Palestinians.

On the same Monday, the Israeli army assured that A Hamas arsenal was discovered in the basement of Rantisi Children’s Hospital. also in Gaza City, and that there is evidence that the Islamist group used the site to hide the militants who carried out the attack and hold some Israeli hostages.

Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 following a massive Hamas attack that included the launch of thousands of rockets and the infiltration of approximately 3,000 militias into Israeli territory. They killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped another 240.

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Since then, Israeli air, naval and ground forces have relentlessly attacked the Gaza Strip, leaving More than 11,300 people were killed in the rubble, 29,200 were injured and 3,600 were missing.

Except, 190 doctors, nurses and paramedics killed in Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli attacks, while 25 hospitals in the Gaza Strip were destroyed and 52 medical centers were rendered unusable.

(EFE)