For Israelis, it's a long-eyed target. For Palestinians, a symbol of their suffering. After days of laying siege to Al Shifa hospital, Israeli soldiers moved in Tuesday overnight after years of claiming that Hamas operated a command center on the grounds of Gaza's largest medical center.
Now it's on to the next objective, with many parts of northern Gaza laid to waste. Israel has now dropped leaflets telling Palestinians to evacuate four specific neighbourhoods of Khan Younis. In the last 24 hours, Israel's ground operation has netted the bodies of two hostages: a 65-year old woman and a 19-year old female soldier, a reminder that there's more than 200 still believed to be held.
