.THE legislations of war provide unique security to medical facilities. They drop that defense if they are used for “unsafe” acts. Israel has long asserted that al-Shifa medical facility, the biggest in the Gaza Strip, serves as a crucial demand facility for Hamas, the group which eliminated or took hostage around 1,400 people in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the early hours of Nov 15th, after a tense six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force commando system, entered into one part of the medical center.