Members of the Israeli army’s special forces raided the besieged Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. They entered on Thursday (February 15) on suspicion of holding the bodies of Palestinian independence group Hamas and Israeli hostages. The British media reported the news.
It is the largest hospital in southern Gaza. The Israeli army said it conducted a limited raid on Nasser Hospital, suspected of holding the bodies of Hamas and Israeli hostages.
According to reports, the Israeli army carried out the operation a day after ordering the evacuation of thousands of Palestinians from Nasser Hospital.
Referring to the type of attack on the hospital, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said, members of the Israeli special forces entered the hospital by breaking the southern wall of the building.
Ashraf al-Qudra added that Israel ordered the hospital administration to move all patients, including intensive care and newborns, to an old hospital building.
In a video before the operation, it was seen that the medical workers were taking the patients out in the smoke.
The BBC is verifying the video footage of the Israeli raid. Accordingly, the media is working to find out what happened inside the hospital.
According to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, 28 thousand 663 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli aggression. 68 395 people were injured. On the other hand, 1,139 Israelis were killed in Hamas attacks.
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