Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? - eviltoast

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

  • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    We already know Hamas is in that hospital and have fired at least one anti-tank rocket out of it.

    There’s also the time Islamic Jihadists fired missiles from right next to a different hospital.

    Hamas has always used civilian infrastructure to attack from, it’s their MO. They want Palestinian civilians to get killed by Israel.