The Israeli military is carrying out a "precise and targeted operation" in Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces, and Israeli tanks have moved into the hospital complex, according to the recent updates.
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00:00 The Israeli military is carrying out a precise and targeted operation in Gaza's Al-Shifa
00:07 hospital, according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces, and Israelis have moved
00:14 into the hospital complex, according to the recent updates.
00:18 The Israeli army had surrounded the facility as part of its ground offensive against Hamas,
00:23 claiming the militant group conceals military operations in the hospital complex.
00:29 But with hundreds of patients and medical personnel inside, it had refrained from entering.
00:35 The Israeli military said on Wednesday that their forces were conducting a precise operation
00:40 against Hamas in a specified area of the complex while taking steps to avoid harm to civilians.
00:47 Israel accuses Hamas of using hospitals as cover for its fighters, alleging that Hamas
00:53 has set up its main command center in and beneath Al-Shifa hospital, the largest in
00:59 the besieged territory.
01:02 The Israeli statement said, "The IDF is conducting a ground operation in Gaza to defeat
01:07 Hamas and rescue our hostages.
01:10 Israel is at war with Hamas, not with the civilians in Gaza."
01:15 It remained unclear how many troops were involved in the assault or what their immediate objective
01:20 was.
01:22 Army has been raging around the compound for days, and the hospital was hit by ordnance
01:27 at least four times over the weekend, killing several people.
01:31 Israeli commanders say that Hamas fighters have built an underground operational hub
01:36 and tunnels under the hospital.
01:38 They have accused Hamas, the armed group that controls Gaza, of using patients, doctors
01:43 and hospital workers as "human shields" for command centers and safe houses.
01:50 Hospital officials deny the accusations.
01:53 Hamas released a statement saying it holds Israel's army and President Biden fully responsible
01:59 for the raid.
02:00 It said the White House had given Israel a green light for the raid on Tuesday when a
02:04 spokesman said American intelligence agencies supported Israel's conclusion that Hamas
02:09 uses hospitals for military purposes.
02:13 Mayer Keiler, the minister of health for the Palestinian Authority, said that Israeli forces
02:18 are committing a new crime against humanity, medical staff and patients.
02:23 Before the raid, hospital officials had described grim conditions for patients as fuel for generators
02:28 had run out, shutting down equipment.
02:31 Medicine, anaesthetics and other supplies are also all but gone.
02:35 At particular risk are roughly three dozen premature babies whose incubators were turned
02:40 off.
02:41 Israel declared war on Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls Gaza, and launched
02:45 a complete siege of the enclave following Hamas terror attacks in Israel on October
02:50 7.
02:51 An estimated 1,200 people were killed in Hamas attacks and about 240 taken hostage, most
02:56 of whom remained captive in Gaza.
02:58 Since then, Israeli attacks have killed at least 11,180 Palestinians, including 4,609
03:04 children and 3,100 women, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah, which
03:10 draws on medical sources in Gaza.
03:13 International pressure on the Israeli government has soared in recent days amid accounts of
03:17 desperate circumstances at Gaza's fuel-starved hospitals and severe shortages of food and
03:23 water.
03:24 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday repeated his calls for a ceasefire
03:28 in Gaza in the name of humanity.
03:31 For more UN videos visit: www.un.org/webcast
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