.THE rules of war offer exclusive protection to hospitals. They drop that defense if they are actually used for “hazardous” acts. Israel has actually long asserted that al-Shifa hospital, the most extensive in the Gaza Strip, functions as a key command centre for Hamas, the group which got rid of or took hostage around 1,400 individuals in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the early hrs of November 15th, after a strained six-day stand-off, participants of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force commando device, got in one segment of the hospital.