Exclusive: Inside Israel's Most Controversial Hospital Raid! Shocking Details Revealed!

Exclusive: Inside Israel's Most Controversial Hospital Raid! Shocking Details Revealed!

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Israeli military forces withdrew from Gaza’s largest hospital early Monday following a two-week raid, during which they reported killing around 200 militants and detaining hundreds more. 

Palestinian residents claimed that the troops left behind several bodies and extensive destruction.

The military hailed the raid on Shifa Hospital as one of the most successful operations of the nearly six-month-long war. 

It stated that it had eliminated numerous Hamas and other militant members, including senior operatives who had regrouped there after a previous raid.

The military also claimed to have seized weapons and valuable intelligence.

The U.N. health agency reported that several patients died and dozens were put at risk during the raid, which further devastated a hospital that had already largely ceased to function. 

The intense fighting demonstrated Hamas's ability to resist, even in one of the most heavily targeted areas of Gaza.

This combat also revealed that Hamas could still resist, even in one of the most heavily targeted areas of Gaza, months after Israel claimed to have largely dismantled the militant group in northern Gaza and withdrew thousands of troops.

Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals for military purposes and has raided several medical facilities. 

Health officials in Gaza have denied these allegations. Critics have accused the army of recklessly endangering civilians and severely impacting a health sector already overwhelmed by war casualties. 

Palestinians have claimed that Israeli troops forcibly evacuated homes near Shifa in downtown Gaza City and compelled hundreds of residents to march south.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the top military spokesperson, stated that Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group had established their main northern headquarters inside the hospital. 

He described days of close-quarters combat inside different buildings and blamed Hamas for the destruction, noting that some fighters had barricaded themselves inside hospital wards while others launched mortar rounds at the compound. 

He added that the troops had arrested around 900 suspected militants during the raid, including more than 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters, and seized over $3 million in various currencies, as well as weapons.

He denied any civilian casualties caused by Israeli forces, claiming that the army had evacuated more than 200 of the estimated 300 to 350 patients and delivered food, water, and medical supplies to the rest.

Mohammed Mahdi, among hundreds of Palestinians who returned to the area, described scenes of "total destruction." 

He reported several buildings had been burned down and that he had counted six bodies in the area, including two in the hospital courtyard.

Video footage circulated online showed heavily damaged and charred buildings, mounds of dirt churned up by bulldozers, and patients on stretchers in darkened corridors.

Another resident, Yahia Abu Auf, mentioned that there were still patients, medical workers, and displaced people sheltering inside the medical compound, as several patients had been taken to the nearby Ahli Hospital. 

He stated that army bulldozers had plowed over a makeshift cemetery in Shifa's courtyard.

"The situation is indescribable," he said. 

"The occupation destroyed all sense of life here."

Health officials in Gaza have denied accusations of using hospitals for military purposes and have disputed claims of reckless endangerment of civilians by the army. 

They also denied claims of forcible evacuations of homes near Shifa Hospital in downtown Gaza City and the forced marching of hundreds of residents southward.

At least 21 patients have died since the raid began, according to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, posting late Sunday on X, formerly Twitter. 

He mentioned that over a hundred patients were still inside the compound, including four children and 28 critical patients. 

He also stated that there were no diapers, urine bags, or water for wound cleaning, and that many patients suffered from infected wounds and dehydration.

The military had previously raided Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, in November, after claiming that Hamas maintained an elaborate command and control center inside and beneath the compound. 

It revealed a tunnel running beneath the hospital that led to a few rooms, as well as weapons it said it had confiscated from inside medical buildings, but nothing on the scale of what it had alleged prior to that raid.

Israel responded with an air, land, and sea offensive that has killed at least 32,782 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. 

The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count but states that women and children have made up around two-thirds of those killed.

The Israeli military claims to have killed over 13,000 Hamas fighters, attributing the civilian death toll to Palestinian militants fighting in densely populated residential areas.

The war has displaced most of the territory's population and pushed a third of its residents to the brink of famine. 

Northern Gaza, where Shifa is located, has suffered extensive destruction and has been largely isolated since October, leading to widespread hunger.

Israel stated late last year that it had largely dismantled Hamas in northern Gaza and withdrew thousands of troops. 

However, it has engaged militants there on multiple occasions since then, and the two weeks of heavy fighting around Shifa highlighted the resilience of the armed groups.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to continue the offensive until Hamas is eradicated and all hostages are freed. 

He announced plans to expand ground operations to the southern city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's population — some 1.4 million people — have sought refuge.

However, he faces increasing pressure from Israelis who hold him responsible for security failures on October 7 and from some hostage families who blame him for the failure to reach a deal despite several weeks of talks mediated by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt.

Hamas and other militants are still believed to be holding around 100 hostages and the remains of 30 others, after releasing most of the rest during a ceasefire last November in exchange for the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Jerusalem on Sunday for the largest anti-government protest since the country went to war in October. 

Deep divisions over Netanayahu's leadership long predate the war, which still enjoys strong public support.

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