(Jerusalem Post) Sam Halpern - Hamas is holding civilians, including medical staff, as human shields in Gaza's Shifa hospital while simultaneously firing mortars at the hospital, IDF Spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari said Sunday. "Terrorists hiding around the hospital fired mortars at our forces, causing extensive damage to the hospital buildings." Hamas admitted on its Telegram channel on Monday that it had fired mortar shells at IDF troops in the vicinity of Shifa hospital. Hagari said one such attack shut down the hospital's generator, after which Israeli forces helped to return electricity to the building. "Our operation at Shifa hospital proves once again: Hamas systematically uses hospitals to wage war and consistently uses the people of Gaza as human shields," Hagari concluded.
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