Israeli tanks have invaded Gaza’s largest hospital complex, according to a journalist inside Al-Shifa.
“We can see them pointing the tank guns at the hospital. We are not sure if the soldiers are inside the [edifícios] from the hospital, but they are inside the compound with the tanks,” Khader Al Za’anoun, a reporter for the Palestinian news agency Wafa, told CNN.
There were exchanges of gunfire in the courtyard and some of the windows of one of the buildings were open, Al Za’anoun added.
Hundreds of staff and patients are still at Al-Shifa, according to the latest reports from inside the hospital, along with several thousand people who have sought shelter from Israel’s air and ground offensive.
In a statement Wednesday morning local time, the Israel Defense Forces said it was carrying out a “precise and targeted operation” at the hospital.
Israel believes it has given Hamas agents, whom it accuses of being inside the hospital, enough time to cease their activities inside the building, according to the statement.
Hospital officials rejected Israeli claims that Hamas built a command and control center under the hospital.
Source: CNN Brasil
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