.THE LAWS of war provide exclusive protection to hospitals. They drop that security if they are used for “hazardous” shows. Israel has long asserted that al-Shifa medical center, the largest in the Gaza Bit, acts as a key command centre for Hamas, the team which killed or took hostage around 1,400 folks in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the very early hrs of Nov 15th, after a strained six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force commando unit, entered one wing of the healthcare facility.