(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - The Israel Defense Forces on Monday accused Hamas gunmen of firing from Shifa hospital's emergency room, maternity and burn wards. IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said, "Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists are barricading themselves inside Shifa hospital wards. Hamas is destroying Shifa hospital. Hamas is firing from inside the Shifa emergency room and maternity ward and throwing explosive devices from the Shifa burn ward. Terrorists hiding around the hospital fired mortars at our forces, causing extensive damage to the hospital buildings." International law stipulates that while a medical facility is a protected site in conflict, it loses that status if it is used for military activity. The IDF said the number of confirmed members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad captured at the Gaza City medical center had risen to 500, including senior Hamas and PIJ commanders. Hagari added, "170 terrorists were neutralized in or around the Shifa hospital compound while firing at our forces....A large number of these terrorists were involved in planning and executing the brutal massacre of Oct. 7."
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