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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital after two-week raid leaving facility in ruins

Israeli forces have withdrawn from al-Shifa hospital in Gaza after a two-week raid that left most of the major medical complex in ruins, amid claims from Hamas that the Israel Defense Forces killed 400 people in the compound.

According to the IDF, the facility – Gaza City’s main hospital before the war – was used to harbour Hamas fighters. The army described the operation as one of the most successful of the nearly six-month conflict and cited the killing of of 200 militants including senior operatives. The claim they were all militants could not be confirmed.

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