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After the Israel military forces said that they have entered Gaza hospital on Wednesday morning, they announced on Wednesday that incubators and baby food was provided to all in the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The military called the operation a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area.”
The forces urged all members of the group in the hospital to surrender. Less than an hour earlier, around 1 a.m. local time (2300 GMT), a Gaza health ministry spokesman said Israel had told officials in the enclave that it would raid the Shifa hospital complex “in the coming minutes.”
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Five weeks after Israel began its assault on Gaza, the fate of Al Shifa has become a focus of international alarm because of worsening conditions in the facility. The plight of Gazan civilians has prompted calls for a humanitarian ceasefire.
Meanwhile, The Palestinian health ministry said that “We hold Israel’s raiding forces fully responsible for the lives of medical staff, patients and displaced poeple in Gaza’a Al Shifa hospital.”
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(With inputs from Agencies)