Israeli soldiers appear to be using the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in the Gaza Strip as a br for military operations, and, since March, also a school in the village of Juhor ad Dik, which is located about one kilometer from the border with Israel and was destroyed in the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, indicated by aerial photographs that the Washington Post published on Friday.
The report states that the satellite imagery documents the construction of earth berms around the hospital, which halted operations early in the war, in late November, and near the school in Juhor ad Dik in the second half of March.
When every accusation ends up being a projected admission it makes me think the IDF and Republicans are holding hands on the fascist rollercoaster ride to WW3
Wait up....so IDF is using hospitals the exact way they accused Hamas of doing? (Don't get me wrong Hamas = trash, Palestinians == Hamas). IDF is acting more like Republicans...every accusation ends up being an admission or projection.
This is who Israel is fighting. Civilian suffering is the point for Hamas.
GAZA CITY The emergency room in Shifa Hospital is often a place of gore and despair. On Thursday, it was also a lesson in the way ordinary people are squeezed between suicidal fighters and a military behemoth.
Dr. Awni al-Jaru, 37, a surgeon at the hospital, rushed in from his home here, dressed in his scrubs. But he came not to work. His head was bleeding, and his daughter’s jaw was broken.
He said Hamas militants next to his apartment building had fired mortar and rocket rounds. Israel fired back with force, and his apartment was hit. His wife, Albina, originally from Ukraine, and his 1-year-old son were killed.
“My son has been turned into pieces,” he cried. “My wife was cut in half. I had to leave her body at home.” Because Albina was a foreigner, she could have left Gaza with her children. But, Dr. Jaru lamented, she would not leave him behind.
A car arrived with more patients. One was a 21-year-old man with shrapnel in his left leg who demanded quick treatment. He turned out to be a militant with Islamic Jihad. He was smiling a big smile.
“Hurry, I must get back so I can keep fighting,” he told the doctors.
He was told that there were more serious cases than his, that he needed to wait. But he insisted. “We are fighting the Israelis,” he said. “When we fire we run, but they hit back so fast. We run into the houses to get away.” He continued smiling.
“Why are you so happy?” this reporter asked. “Look around you.”
A girl who looked about 18 screamed as a surgeon removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly wounded looked around helplessly. A man lay with parts of his brain coming out. His family wailed at his side.
“Don’t you see that these people are hurting?” the militant was asked.
“But I am from the people, too,” he said, his smile incandescent. “They lost their loved ones as martyrs. They should be happy. I want to be a martyr, too.”
the article says the hospital isn't active 'halted operations early in the war'
This would mean that the IDF isn't using a active hospital as a shield for military operations.
I get the temptation is to say 'Hey the IDF is doing exactly what they said Hamas was doing', but the key is active hospital for a apples to apples comparison.
There is no shortage of war crimes to get upset about, but to make a inaccurate comparison gives ammunition to the genocide supporters to discredit the reports of genuine crimes against humanity.
They bombed the hospitals and are denying health care while occupying the health care facilities. So instead of "hiding behind patients" bullshit, it is denying the ability to treat patients.
Not being exactly the same is not as important as the fact that they are running military operations from a hospital.
It doesn't matter if its a bad look, it gives the apologists ammunition to undermine all of the valid and critical war crime reporting.
The IDF is operating from a former hospital site, which is terrible - it isn't, however, the same as using a active hospital and patients as a human shield for military operations - which is what the IDF claimed Hamas was doing.
Going around and saying the IDF is doing what they said Hamas was doing, when there is a critical difference, will undermine all reporting of the IDF war crimes.
fact that they are running military operations from a hospital.
The complaint here isn't 'They are denying a hospital' it's clearly meant to trigger outrage 'look at this MFers doing exactly what they accused Hamas of doing using human shields' ..... from a hospital implies its a active hospital, not a deactivated former hospital site.
Yeah strange that Palestinians just abandoned this hospital for no reason. I wonder how the IDF stumbled onto an empty hospital they are using as their base to commit war crimes.