Al-Shifa Hospital Seen in Ruins as IDF Pulls Back

Gazans surveyed the damage to al-Shifa Hospital in the wake of the withdrawal of Israeli forces on April 1, footage here shows.The Israel Defense Forces said on Monday they had completed the operation in the area of the hospital.Israeli operations at the hospital started with a raid on March 18. On March 25, Israeli forces said approximately 500 “terrorists affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad” had been apprehended at the hospital.Gaza’s Ministry of Health had called on “all international institutions to stop these crimes against patients, wounded, and medical staff inside the hospital.”On March 31, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “21 patients have died since the hospital came under siege on 18 March […] 107 patients are in an inadequate building, within the hospital compound, lacking needed health support, medical care and supplies.”He called for a ceasefire and urged “Israel to urgently facilitate access and a humanitarian corridor so WHO and partners can carry out the lifesaving transfer of patients.” Credit: Msdr News via Storyful
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