The US did not give Israel a “green light” to attack Al Shifa hospital in Gaza

U.S didn’t work Israel “green light“so that he would attack the Al-Shifa Hospitalthe biggest on the Strip Linkhe said this Wednesday John KirbyWhite House Security Council spokesman.

“We did not give the green light to your military operations around the hospital“Kirby said at a press conference in San Franciscowhere the American president is located, Joe Bidento meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

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According to the spokesperson, U.S is not involved in the operation that Israeli Army troops launched this Wednesday inside the Al-Shifa Hospital where Israel claims that the Islamic group Hamas has its main command center, something the Palestinian organization denies.

“We don’t want to see hospitals attacked from the air. We do not want innocent civilians, patients and medical personnel to fall victim to the crossfire between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces. We believe that hospitals must be protected” Kirby stated.

However, the spokesperson supported the Israeli thesis that Hamas uses the hospital as a shield and considered that this adds a “added load”For Israeli military operations.

O The White House already assured on Tuesday that the US intelligence community concluded that Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Palestinians use some hospitals in Gaza stripincluding that of Al Shifa, and the tunnels beneath them for military operations and hiding places for hostages and weapons.

Al Shifa Hospital, the most important on the Strip and located in the city of Linkhas been without electricity, drinking water and food for several days and is home to around 3,000 people, including displaced people, medical staff and patients, including more than 30 premature babies whose lives are in danger.

The press office of the Government of the Gaza Strip, de facto controlled by Hamas since 2007, assures that the Israeli Army entered Al Shifa with tanks, explosives, drones and heavily armed soldiers, “shooting inside“, which constitutes a”War crime”.

The United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austinreminded his Israeli counterpart this Wednesday, Yoav Galantein a call the need to “protect” to civilians in Israel’s operations in Gaza.

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“The secretary reiterated his strong support for Israel’s defense and emphasized the need to protect civilians, increase the delivery of humanitarian aid, and ensure that military operations comply with international humanitarian law.“, reported the Pentagon is a statement.

Israel declared war on Hamas in October 7th after a massive attack by the Islamic group that included the launch of thousands of rockets and the infiltration of around 3,000 militiamen into Israeli territory who killed around 1,200 people and kidnapped another 240.

Since then, Israel’s air, naval and ground forces have relentlessly attacked the Gaza Strip, leaving more than 11,300 dead, 29,200 injured and 3,600 missing under the rubble.

Source: Elcomercio

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