Al-Shifa Hospital

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Al-Shifa Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى الشفاء, romanized: Mustašfā aš-Šifāʾ [musˈtaʃ.fa aʃːiˈfaːʔ]) is the largest medical complex and central hospital in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, located in the neighborhood of northern Rimal in Gaza City. The hospital was first established by the government of Mandatory Palestine in 1946, and expanded during the Egyptian and later Israeli occupations. During the Gaza war, Israel, supported by the United States, said Hamas was using the hospital as a command center and on 15 November 2023, its forces raided the hospital, where thousands of Palestinians were taking shelter. The Israeli raid was widely criticized and Israel was accused by several news outlets of waging a propaganda war. Medical staff at al-Shifa have accused Israel of directly causing the deaths of civilians being treated at al-Shifa, including prematurely born babies. Following Israel's release of video evidence of Hamas tunnels under the hospital on 22 November, multiple news agencies concluded...

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