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Al-Shifa Hospital

For other hospitals, see Shifa Hospital (disambiguation).

Al-Shifa Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationGaza, Gaza Governorate, Palestinian territories
Coordinates31°31′27″N 34°26′39″E / 31.52417°N 34.44417°E / 31.52417; 34.44417
Organisation
Care systemInternal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology, obstetrics, gynecology
TypeTreatment
History
Opened1946
Closed2024 (destroyed as part of Israel-Hamas War)

Al-Shifa Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى الشفاء Mustašfā š-Šifāʾ [musˈtaʃ.fa‿ʃ.ʃiˈfaːʔ]) was the largest medical complex and central hospital in the Gaza Strip, located in the neighborhood of northern Rimal in Gaza City.[1]

The hospital was first established by the government of Mandatory Palestine in 1946, and expanded during the Egyptian and later Israeli occupations. During the Israel–Hamas war, Israel, supported by the United States, said Hamas was using the hospital as a base for their operations and on 15 November 2023, its forces raided the hospital, where thousands of Palestinians were taking shelter.[2][3][4] The Israeli raid was widely criticized,[5] and Israel was accused by several news outlets of waging a propaganda war.[6] Medical staff at al-Shifa have accused Israel of directly causing the deaths of civilians being treated at al-Shifa, including prematurely born babies.[7][8] Israel found a tunnel underneath the hospital and reported they found some weapons inside.[9][10] At the same time, multiple news agencies said that the evidence did not demonstrate the existence of a Hamas command center, but that it did demonstrate that Hamas used the hospital as cover.[11][12][13]

A second Israeli raid on the hospital, during which there were extensive gunfights in and around the hospital complex, ended on 1 April 2024 after two weeks. The hospital was completely destroyed with hundreds of casualties around the hospital.[14][15]

  1. ^ Al-Shifa Hospital and Israel's Gaza Siege Archived 21 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Defence for Children International Palestine Section. 16 July 2006.
  2. ^ "Thousands trapped as Israeli forces raid Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ Crawford and Nagle, Shannon and Molly. "US 'still convinced' Hamas used Al-Shifa Hospital as command center as Israeli raid continues". ABC News. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ "IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ". The Guardian. 17 November 2023.
  5. ^ "'Hospitals are not battlegrounds': World reacts to Israel's al-Shifa raid". Al Jazeera.
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference The New Arab 2023 b495 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Scahill, Jeremy (21 November 2023). "Al-Shifa Hospital, Hamas's Tunnels, and Israeli Propaganda". The Intercept. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  9. ^ Pan, Philip P.; Kingsley, Patrick (17 November 2023). "Israel-Hamas War: Israeli Army Takes Journalists on Controlled Visit to Gaza Hospital". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Why Israeli takeover of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital is a pivotal moment". The Times. 18 November 2023. One reason that the Israelis have good reason to suspect that there is an underground bunker is that they themselves built a secure operating room with some tunnels under the hospital in 1983 when they occupied the territory.
  11. ^ Gavrielov, Nadav (23 November 2023). "Israel Releases Videos It Says Show Hamas Tunnels Under Al-Shifa Hospital". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com. The videos so far — including those released on Wednesday [22 November] — have not shown conclusive evidence of a vast network of tunnels.
  12. ^ "Amnesty International UK Briefing: CRISIS IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 23 November 2023" (PDF). Amnesty International UK. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  13. ^ Rosenberg, Matthew; Bergman, Ronen; Toler, Aric; Rosales, Helmuth (13 February 2024). "A Tunnel Offers Clues to How Hamas Uses Gaza's Hospitals". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Israeli troops end Al-Shifa hospital raid, leaving behind bodies and trail of destruction". CNN. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  15. ^ Boxerman, Aaron; Abuheweila, Iyad (April 2024). "Israeli troops pull out of a major Gaza hospital after a two-week battle". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

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