.THE legislations of war provide unique defense to medical centers. They lose that defense if they are made use of for “dangerous” acts. Israel has long professed that al-Shifa hospital, the most extensive in the Gaza Strip, acts as a vital demand center for Hamas, the team which eliminated or took hostage around 1,400 individuals in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the very early hours of November 15th, after a strained six-day stand-off, participants of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force commando device, got in one segment of the medical center.