.THE rules of battle offer unique security to hospitals. They lose that security if they are actually utilized for “hazardous” acts. Israel has long claimed that al-Shifa health center, the most extensive in the Gaza Strip, serves as a vital order center for Hamas, the group which eliminated or even took hostage around 1,400 people in Israel on October 7th.
In the very early hours of Nov 15th, after a tense six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force commando system, got in one part of the hospital.