Israeli forces raid Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital

이스라엘, 병원 또 급습 국제사회 “병원, 전쟁터 안돼” Israeli forces raided Gaza’s major hospital on Monday, reportedly killing over 20 gunmen. Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war for the first time in about a month. Jeong Eun-joo has the latest. Israeli troops raided the compound of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital early on Monday, saying they killed over 20 gunmen. The Israeli military said special forces conducted the operation based on intelligence that the hospital was again being used by Hamas leaders. A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said troops had been instructed on the importance of operating cautiously. Palestinian health authorities, however, said the operation caused multiple casualties and led to a fire in one of the buildings. Al-Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital before the war, is now one of the only healthcare facilities that is even partially operational in the north of the territory, and is housing hundreds of displaced civilians. Hamas said in a statement the Israeli military had committed a new crime by directly targeting the hospital buildings without caring about patients, medical staff, or the displaced people. The Director-General of the World Health Organization on Monday said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that the WHO is “terribly worried“ about the situation there, and “hospitals should never be battlegrounds.“ Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their first call since mid-February. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday that, while President Biden remains committed to the goal of defeating Hamas, he communicated to the Israeli Prime Minister that a major assault on Rafah would be a “mistake,“ and would deepen anarchy in Gaza. Sullivan told reporters the two countries would have a comprehensive discussion on the way forward in Gaza. Sullivan further described the call as “businesslike,” but said President Biden had refuted “straw man“ arguments put forward by the Israeli leader. Ties between Netanyahu and Biden have reportedly grown increasingly strained in recent months. Jeong Eun-joo, Arirang News. #Israel #Hamas #Gaza #Attack #Hospital #이스라엘 #하마스 #가자_지구 #병원 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : 📣 Twitter : 📣 Homepage : 2024-03-19, 18:00 (KST)