.THE legislations of war provide unique defense to healthcare facilities. They lose that defense if they are made use of for “harmful” acts. Israel has long asserted that al-Shifa hospital, the most extensive in the Gaza Strip, serves as a key command centre for Hamas, the group which killed or even hijacked around 1,400 people in Israel on Oct 7th.
In the very early hours of Nov 15th, after a stressful six-day stand-off, participants of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force commando system, got into one segment of the medical facility.