More IDF operations at al Shifa Hospital
The IDF continues to conduct operations at al Shifa Hospital:
The IDF said that hundreds of terror suspects had so far been questioned at the hospital complex by field interrogators of the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 and the Shin Bet security agency.
In a video statement from the hospital on Wednesday, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said troops had detained between 250 and 300 terror operatives at the medical center during the ongoing operation.
He said another 300 suspects were also being questioned.
“We are talking about many [Palestinian Islamic Jihad] operatives, including battalion commanders, Hamas operatives, including political officials,” Hagari said.
“We will reach all the terrorists in this area. Our goal is to arrest the senior officials alive and bring them in for interrogation. Whoever fights against us will be killed,” he continued. …
Hagari, in his statement, said the IDF was also providing food and water to the civilians sheltering at the hospital and brought in generators for Shifa’s ER.
You may recall that al Shifa is in an area of Gaza that was already dealt with – supposedly – by the IDF. But of course, terrorists can move around, and it’s logical to assume that they felt safe going back there, thinking the IDF wasn’t going to return any time soon. Apparently the IDF received intelligence that this had occurred, launched a raid, and found a substantial number of terrorists who had taken up residence there (probably mainly but not entirely underground).
Hamas seems to have a special affinity for hospitals, because if the IDF tries to kill or apprehend them there Hamas can count on MSM headlines saying that the big bad Israelis are attacking HOSPITALS!! The propaganda value is immense. It is, among other things, a violation of international law to attack hospitals – unless, of course, military operations are being conducted from there. A lot of pro-Hamas propagandists leave out that last little bit.
Note also that the Israelis are helping the hospital continue actual medical and humanitarian care.
“Note also that…”
(Typo alert)
Barry Meislin:
Thanks; fixed.
Israel should be drafting more Arab Israelis for occupation and monitoring duties.
They will need to be temporarily treating the Gazan men as POW terrorists in an open air, minimal security semi-prison.
Many of the doctors actively help the terrorists, some from threats & fears, especially women and kids, others from support for murdering Jews,
I’ve been opposing the Jew killers, but now think they are more accurately described as murderers. Hamas wants to murder Jews, while the Jews are fighting back trying to have less killing, tho also some killing when the murderers fight to the death.
This might well not be the last fight there.
I pray for the end of the murdering.
Pursue Hamas wherever they slither – and slay them where they lurk.
Israel has more compassion for the lives of innocent Palestinians than their own leaders do, and it’s not close.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387116
Jew-hating seems to come quite easily to David Cameron.
@ sdferr > in re the Red Cross.
I suspect the Israelis remember things like this:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/12/the-red-cross-takes-a-side.php
https://www.meforum.org/65582/the-red-cross-has-abandoned-israeli-hostages
If the British produce some other genuinely neutral investigator, then Israel might be more amenable.
The Israelis have killed and captured several hundred terrorists at Shifa hospital. Several very important Islamic Jihad and Hamas people have been taken and are undergoing vigorous interrogations. The Israelis know that it is best to immediately rush a captured combatant into interrogation when the terrorist feels most vulnerable.