IDF: carrying out precise, targetted ops against Hamas in Al-Shifa hospital

Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday said they are carrying out precise targetted operations in a specific region in AlShifa Hospital in Gaza reported news agency ANI According to the report the operation is being carried out based on intelligence information and alleged operational necessityReportedly the IDF is conducting ground operations in Gaza to defeat Hamas and rescue their hostages The Israeli authorities also claimed that they were at war with Hamas and not with the civiliansThe IDF in their official statement had said Forces include medical teams and Arabic speakers who have undergone specified training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment with the intent that no harm is caused to the civilians being used by Hamas as human shieldsAccording to the report in recent weeks IDF had publicly warned Hamas time and again that their continued use of Shifa Hospital is jeopardising the protected status of the structure under international law and that it has enabled ample time for them to stop the unlawful abuse of the hospitalYesterday the IDF conveyed to the relevant authorities in Gaza once again that all military activities within the hospital must cease within 12 hours Unfortunately it did not the IDF further told in their statementAdditionally the IDF carried out a largescale hospital evacuation and kept lines of communication open with the administration the report stated They also called upon Hamas terrorists present in the building to surrenderThe Israeli Defence Forces on Tuesday announced that it was coordinating the transfer of incubators from Israel to hospitals in the Gaza Strip according to a report in Times of Israel Meanwhile Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza City have been struggling with fewer supplies and an increase in patient deaths due to the war which pressured Israel to put more effort into protecting Gaza civilians caught in the crossfireReportedly the IDF has been closing Shifa Hospital in Gaza since according to Jerusalem is Hamass main operations centreFurthermore the IDF shared a video of the Coordination of Government Activities in Territories COGAT spokesperson saying the war they have waged is against Hamas and not Gazas publicThe spokesperson was quoted saying that Shifa Hospitals paediatric ward needed assistance and that Israel has made a formal offer to health officials in Gaza to assist the ward of the hospital Extensive efforts are underway to ensure that these incubators can reach babies in Gaza without delay ANI report quoted her as sayingThe IDF moreover said in its post that Israel is doing all it can to minimise the harm to civilians and facilitate the transfer of essentials like food and medical suppliesThe Israeli troops of the Seventh Armoured Brigade and Golani Infantry Brigade captured several Hamas governmental buildings in the Gaza neighbourhoods of Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal the report statedAmong the sites captured by the troops are the Hamas parliament its government complex and the police headquarters ANI statedWith ANI inputs