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{{Short description|Hospital in Gaza Strip, Palestine}}
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'''Al-Shifa Hospital''' ({{
The hospital was first established by the government of [[Mandatory Palestine]] in 1946, and expanded during the [[Occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Arab Republic|Egyptian]] and later [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli occupations]]. During the [[Israel–Hamas war]], Israel, supported by the United States, said Hamas was using the hospital as a
Following Israel's release of video evidence of Hamas tunnels under the hospital on 22 November, multiple news agencies concluded that the evidence did not demonstrate the use by Hamas of a command center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 2023 |title=Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City's Shifa Hospital |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-war-gaza-shifa-tunnels-hamas-c71ebee136e018fd5a3572a54040f73e |website=AP News |quote=Israel has not yet unveiled this purported center, but the military portrayed the underground hideout as its most significant discovery yet. Hamas and the hospital administration have denied Israel’s accusations.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dubai |first=Dov Lieber in Tel Aviv and Omar Abdel-Baqui in |date=22 November 2023 |title=Inside Israel's Campaign to Prove a Gaza Hospital Was a Hamas Command Center |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/inside-israels-campaign-to-prove-a-gaza-hospital-was-a-hamas-command-center-65e655ee |website=WSJ |quote=While many security analysts agree the latest evidence Israel has released increasingly suggests a Hamas presence at the hospital, most say they have yet to see something that constitutes a smoking gun showing it was a command center for Hamas, as Israel has alleged.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |date=23 November 2023 |title=Israel arrests Gaza hospital director and bombs 300 targets amid truce delay |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/israels-army-arrests-gaza-hospital-director-and-bombs-300-targets-amid-truce-delay |newspaper=The Guardian |quote=Israel has repeatedly claimed that Hamas ran a command and control centre from tunnels running near and under the hospital, although so far the evidence presented has fallen short of that.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Secrets of the tunnels: What lies beneath al Shifa hospital? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/secrets-of-the-tunnels-what-lies-beneath-al-shifa-hospital-13019619 |website=Sky News |quote=The Israeli army is continuing to search the site for evidence of Hamas's presence, including the alleged command and control centre.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Vasilyeva |first1=Nataliya |last2=Barnes |first2=Joe |date=2023-11-23 |title=Inside the tunnels beneath Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/23/idf-gaza-hospital-tunnels-director-arrested/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |quote=While the footage does prove the existence of tunnels underneath the complex, it remains unclear whether they formed part of a Hamas command centre, as Israel claims.}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] said on 23 November 2023 that "Amnesty International has so far not seen any credible evidence to support Israel’s claim that al-Shifa is housing a military command centre" and that "the Israeli military has so far failed to provide credible evidence" for the allegation.<ref name=amnesty2023>{{cite web | title=Amnesty International UK Briefing: CRISIS IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES 23 November 2023 | url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2023-11/Amnesty%20International%20briefing%20-%20Israel%20Gaza%20crisis%2023%20Nov%202023.pdf?VersionId=9Jp8TjIb5zEqygKLPfuzdAqh8USWQEfE | access-date=December 7, 2023|date=November 23, 2023|website=Amnesty International UK}}</ref> [[Izzat al-Risheq]], a Hamas official, denied that the group used the hospital as [[Use of human shields by Hamas|a shield for its underground military structures]], saying there was no truth to the claims.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=30 October 2023 |title=What is a human shield and how has Hamas been accused of using them? |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/human-shield-israel-claim-hamas-command-centre-under-hospital-palestinian-civilian-gaza-city}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Hamas rejects Israeli claim over installations under al-Shifa hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/27/hamas-rejects-israeli-claim-over-installations-under-al-shifa-hospital |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> A later report in February 2024 by the ''New York Times'', confirmed the earlier reports but also cited classified Israeli intelligence material suggesting that Hamas did use the hospital as cover.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/12/world/middleeast/gaza-tunnel-israel-hamas.html|title=A Tunnel Offers Clues to How Hamas Uses Gaza’s Hospitals|first1=Matthew|last1=Rosenberg|first2=Ronen|last2=Bergman|first3=Aric|last3=Toler|first4=Helmuth|last4=Rosales|date=13 February 2024|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
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.<ref name="CNN11">{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/israel-idf-withdraws-al-shifa-hospital-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Israeli troops end Al-Shifa hospital raid, leaving behind bodies and trail of destruction|work=CNN|accessdate=1 April 2024|date=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/world/middleeast/gaza-al-shifa-hospital.html |access-date=7 April 2024 |title=Israeli troops pull out of a major Gaza hospital after a two-week battle |work=The New York Times |date=April 2024 |last1=Boxerman |first1=Aaron |last2=Abuheweila |first2=Iyad }}</ref> One of its medical units reopened on 1 September 2024.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hT2amg4mCqg |title=Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital reopens after being left in ruins by Israeli attacks |date=2024-09-01 |last=Al Jazeera English |access-date=2024-09-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
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On November 11, a video went viral showing a nurse at Al-Shifa hospital accuses Hamas of occupying the hospital and stealing fuel and medicine. The video, which was shared by pro-Israeli accounts, was determined by [[France 24]] to be "fake".<ref>{{cite news |title=Truth or Fake - Video of 'nurse' denouncing Hamas occupation of Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital is staged |url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20231115-video-of-nurse-denouncing-hamas-occupation-of-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-is-fake |work=France 24 |date=15 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Marc Owen Jones, an associate professor at [[Hamad bin Khalifa University]], also stated the video was clearly staged.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Efesoy |first1=Can |title=Video of woman claiming Hamas stole medicines from Gaza hospital ‘clearly staged’: Digital media expert |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/video-of-woman-claiming-hamas-stole-medicines-from-gaza-hospital-clearly-staged-digital-media-expert/3051976 |work=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref>
On November 15, Irris Makler, a journalist from [[France24]] stated that while she herself had not seen any evidence of military usage of the hospital, but she interviewed an unnamed British doctor who worked there around 2020 and told her he saw "a few dodgy looking non-medical characters" go in and out of a part of the hospital.<ref name=france24/> The doctor added that he was told to stay away from that part of the hospital, though Makler told him "it is not unusual" for a particular area of a hospital to be off limits.<ref name=france24/> Upon hearing the interview, Michael Neuman, of [[Médecins Sans Frontières]], stated that his staff had worked in Al-Shifa for many years but never saw any evidence of the hospital being use for non-medical purposes.<ref name=france24>{{
In the lead up to the 15 November 2023 raid of the hospital, the Israeli government called for the evacuation of the building. This evacuation, considered a "death sentence" by the World Health Organization, was rejected by medical staff who were unwilling to leave patients behind. On the day of the raid, the hospital housed 22 intensive care patients, 36 premature babies and more than 2,000 displaced people according to the medical staff.<ref name="alj raid"/><ref name="BBC raid">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67424064|title=Al-Shifa: What we know about Israel's raid on Gaza's main hospital|date=16 November 2023|access-date=17 November 2023|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> The IDF says that weapons, ammunition and an operational command center were uncovered in the building, including several assault rifles and grenades found in the hospital's MRI room, an allegation that Hamas dismissed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-publishes-evidence-of-weapons-found-inside-shifa-hospitals-mri-center/ |work=Times of Israel |title=IDF publishes evidence of weapons found inside Shifa Hospital's MRI center}}</ref> BBC News and CNN conducted video analyses concluding the Israeli army apparently rearranged, or added, weapons for the media tour.<ref name="guarbbc"/><ref>{{cite web|title=What we know about what Israel says it has found at Al-Shifa|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/17/middleeast/israel-al-shifa-gaza-what-we-know-intl/index.html|date=20 November 2023|website=CNN}}</ref> The BBC News also reported it found an Israeli video with the alleged discoveries had been edited despite the IDF Spokesperson's statement that footage was unedited and filmed in one take.<ref name=guarbbc />
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The IDF also said that they delivered incubators, baby food and medical supplies to the hospital.<ref name="BBC raid"/> Additionally, the IDF released CCTV footage of people bringing hostages into the hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Israel-Hamas War Day 44 {{!}} IDF Shows Footage of Hostages Inside Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, Says Israeli Soldier Was Taken There and Killed |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-19/ty-article-live/biden-says-gaza-and-west-bank-should-be-ruled-by-renewed-pa/0000018b-e568-dffa-adef-e76822250000 |access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref> Hamas dismissed the allegations, saying it had already informed the public it took hostages wounded during Israeli airstrikes to hospital to receive medical treatment.<ref name=dism>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/19/israel-hamas-war-live-15-dead-in-central-and-southern-gaza-attacks-say-palestinians|title=Three more journalists killed in Gaza over weekend, relatives say – as it happened|date=19 November 2023|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The US intelligence agencies said that hostages were held at or under the hospital, however they were moved elsewhere before the Israeli attack.<ref name=":7">{{cite news |title=Hamas Used Gaza Hospital as a Command Center, U.S. Intelligence Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/politics/gaza-hospital-hamas.html |access-date=4 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=2 January 2024}}</ref>
The [[United Nations]] and the [[Red Cross]] expressed concern over the incursion into hospital, which was condemned by [[World Health Organization]] director-general, [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]], who advocated for the safety of hospital patients and staff, even if the hospital was being used militarily.<ref name="alj raid"/><ref name=":0"/> Many political commentators such as [[Jeremy Bowen]] of ''BBC News'' and [[Mouin Rabbani]], were not convinced that the Israeli evidence proved this was the headquarters of the Hamas operation.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Bowen |first=Jeremy |date=17 November 2023 |title=Bowen: Ceasefire demands will grow without proof of Hamas HQ at Al-Shifa|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67453105 |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=Biden defends Israeli hospital raid in search for Hamas HQ|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gaza-hamas-biden-hospital-israel-b2449165.html |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Analyst likens Israel's al-Shifa 'evidence' to US claims about WMDs in Iraq|url=https://aje.io/rpfpqc?update=2489969 |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref> After touring the tunnels at the Hospital compound alongside the Israeli military, ''[[Haaretz]]'' stated "There is no way the hospital administrators didn't know what was happening... there is no doubt they were used by Hamas company, battalion and brigade, and that fighting was directed from there in recent rounds, if not in the current war as well."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Did Hamas Operate Under Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital? A Tour of the Tunnels Leaves No Room for Doubt |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/did-hamas-operate-under-al-shifa-a-tour-of-the-tunnels-leaves-no-room-for-doubt/0000018b-f8c7-d783-a3df-f8df15600000 |access-date=2023-11-25}}</ref> However, CNN, which also visited the tunnel, did not see evidence it led to a command center.<ref name=calj /> A Gaza engineer who talked with an ''Al Jazeera English'' analyst reasoned the videos shown by the IDF were of two different tunnels spliced together; the source also raised suspicions over the fact that the IDF has not tried to open the blast door, even though disarming a trap "usually takes a few hours, not over a day": “You say smoking gun, you get to it and then you don’t show the smoking gun.”<ref name=calj>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/20/what-israels-video-of-hamas-tunnel-under-al-shifa-tells-us|title=What Israel's video of 'Hamas tunnel' under al-Shifa tells us|website=Al Jazeera English|date=20 November 2023}}</ref> The IDF said that they had to proceed slowly because the tunnel was booby-trapped and that they ran out of time to investigate the tunnels before leaving the hospital. The withdrawal from the hospital was one of the conditions of the [[2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire|November 2023 ceasefire agreement]].<ref name=clues>{{cite news |title=A
A team with representatives from the UN and the WHO visited the hospital on November 18. They discovered a mass grave, which they were told contained more than eighty bodies. Numerous patients have died because the hospital lacks essential supplies, including oxygen, fuel, and antibiotics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slow |first1=Oliver |title=WHO says Gaza's al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67462615|website=BBC News |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=November 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/18-11-2023-who-leads-very-high-risk-joint-humanitarian-mission-to-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza |website=World Health Organization |publisher=WHO |date=18 November 2023}}</ref> On 19 November, the 31 living premature babies receiving care at al-Shifa were evacuated to Emirati Hospital in Rafah. 28 babies were then evacuated to Egypt on 20 November.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Da Silva |first1=Chantal |title=Premature babies evacuated from Gaza's main hospital and taken to Egypt|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/31-babies-evacuated-gazas-biggest-hospital-250-patients-remain-al-shif-rcna125916 |website=NBC News |publisher=NBC |date=20 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Salman|first1=Abeer|last2=Khadder |first2=Kareem |last3=Yeung |first3=Jessie |last4=Hallam |first4=Jonny |last5=Khalil |first5=Asmaa |last6=Kennedy |first6=Niamh |title=Premature, sick babies arrive in Egypt from Gaza after Al-Shifa evacuation |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/20/world/gaza-al-shifa-hospital-babies-evacuated-intl-hnk/index.html |website=CNN |date=November 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mpoke Bigg |first1=Matthew |title=28 Premature Babies Evacuated From Gazan Hospital Arrive in Egypt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/world/middleeast/premature-babies-gaza-hospital-egypt.html |website=New York Times |date=November 20, 2023}}</ref>
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On January 2, 2024, U.S. intelligence confirmed its belief that Hamas used the Al-Shifa Hospital as a command center and to hold Israeli hostages, mentioning in an assessment that Hamas “used the al-Shifa hospital complex and sites beneath it to house command infrastructure, exercise certain command and control activities, store some weapons, and hold at least a few hostages.”<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=US intel confident militant groups used largest Gaza hospital in campaign against Israel: AP source |url=https://apnews.com/article/hamas-intelligence-shifa-biden-hostages-israel-d0f782682a7a06ed5a3749ed92c4f821 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=US intelligence confirms Hamas used Al-Shifa hospital as command center |url=https://news.yahoo.com/us-intelligence-confirms-hamas-used-121013961.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref> No evidence was publicly presented to sustain those claims.<ref name=wapoconf>{{Cite web|title=U.S.'confident' that Hamas used al-Shifa Hospital as command center|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/03/hamas-gaza-israel-alshifa-tunnels/|publisher = WAPO|date= 3 January 2024|quote=While U.S. officials say the intelligence community has “high confidence” in its assessment of al-Shifa’s use by Hamas, they have not publicly released visual or audio evidence. The IDF’s claims have also been challenged by a lack of conclusive proof.}}</ref>
=== Second raid (March 18-April 1, 2024) ===
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The Israeli operation has been referred to as a massacre by the [[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jacobin.com/2024/04/al-shifa-hospital-siege-gaza-massacre | title=Israel's Horrific Massacre at Gaza's Largest Hospital }}</ref> [[The Nation]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Alsaafin |first1=Linah |date=3 April 2024 |title=Israel's Brutality is Increasing—and So is its Denialism |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-al-shifa-massacre-denialism/ |magazine=The Nation}}</ref> and [[Electronic Intifada]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/al-shifa-hospital-ruins | title=Al-Shifa Hospital in ruins | date=April 2024 }}</ref> The [[Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor]] stated that "Though the exact number of casualties from the atrocity is still unknown, preliminary reports suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, injured, or are reported missing as a result of the massacre at Al-Shifa, with women and children making up half of the casualties."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6254/Gaza:-Shifa-Medical-Complex-witnesses-one-of-the-largest-massacres-in-Palestinian-history | title=Gaza: Shifa Medical Complex witnesses one of the largest massacres in Palestinian history }}</ref>
Published photos and videos showed signs of heavy destruction in and around the complex after the Israeli
===Mass graves===
{{excerpt|Gaza Strip mass graves#Al-Shifa Hospital}}
{{excerpt|Gaza Strip mass graves#Investigation}}
=== Israeli media campaign ===
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[[Jeremy Scahill]], in an article published on 21 November 2023 by ''The Intercept'', also referred to Israel's attempts to justify its siege of the hospital as propaganda. Noting that, before the siege, Israel had published animations purportedly depicting a sophisticated underground [[Hamas]] command and control center, Scahill opined that the evidence offered by the IDF after taking control of the hospital was unimpressive. Scahill observed that it was not a secret that there existed tunnels and underground rooms at the Al-Shifa Hospital complex–indeed, Israel assisted in their construction and hired Hamas militants as guards to protect the contractors who worked on the underground facilities in the 1980s.<ref name="intercept" />
Following Israel's release of video evidence on 22 November, the ''Associated Press'', the ''New York Times'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', the ''Guardian'', ''Sky News'' stated that this did not constitute conclusive evidence to demonstrate the use by Hamas of a command center.<ref name="apnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-war-gaza-shifa-tunnels-hamas-c71ebee136e018fd5a3572a54040f73e|title=Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City's Shifa Hospital|date=23 November 2023|website=AP News|quote= Israel has not yet unveiled this purported center, but the military portrayed the underground hideout as its most significant discovery yet. Hamas and the hospital administration have denied Israel’s accusations.}}</ref><ref name="Gavrielov">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/world/middleeast/hamas-tunnel-al-shifa-hospital-gaza.html|title=Israel Releases Videos It Says Show Hamas Tunnels Under Al-Shifa Hospital|first=Nadav|last=Gavrielov|work=The New York Times |date=23 November 2023|via=NYTimes.com|quote=The videos so far — including those released on Wednesday [22 November] — have not shown conclusive evidence of a vast network of tunnels.}}</ref><ref name="Sabbagh">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/israels-army-arrests-gaza-hospital-director-and-bombs-300-targets-amid-truce-delay|title=Israel arrests Gaza hospital director and bombs 300 targets amid truce delay|first=Dan|last=Sabbagh|date=23 November 2023|newspaper=The Guardian|quote= Israel has repeatedly claimed that Hamas ran a command and control centre from tunnels running near and under the hospital, although so far the evidence presented has fallen short of that.}}</ref><ref name="news.sky.com">{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/secrets-of-the-tunnels-what-lies-beneath-al-shifa-hospital-13019619|title=Secrets of the tunnels: What lies beneath al Shifa hospital?|website=Sky News| quote=The Israeli army is continuing to search the site for evidence of Hamas's presence, including the alleged command and control centre.}}</ref><ref name="DT">{{Cite news |last1=Vasilyeva |first1=Nataliya |last2=Barnes |first2=Joe |date=2023-11-23 |title=Inside the tunnels beneath Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/23/idf-gaza-hospital-tunnels-director-arrested/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |issn=0307-1235|quote=While the footage does prove the existence of tunnels underneath the complex, it remains unclear whether they formed part of a Hamas command centre, as Israel claims.}}</ref> ''The Wall Street Journal'' noted that "While many security analysts agree the latest evidence Israel has released increasingly suggests a Hamas presence at the hospital, most say they have yet to see something that constitutes a smoking gun showing it was a command center for Hamas, as Israel has alleged."<ref name="Dubai">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/inside-israels-campaign-to-prove-a-gaza-hospital-was-a-hamas-command-center-65e655ee|title=Inside Israel's Campaign to Prove a Gaza Hospital Was a Hamas Command Center|first=Dov Lieber in Tel Aviv and Omar Abdel-Baqui in|last=Dubai|date=22 November 2023|website=WSJ|quote= While many security analysts agree the latest evidence Israel has released increasingly suggests a Hamas presence at the hospital, most say they have yet to see something that constitutes a smoking gun showing it was a command center for Hamas, as Israel has alleged.}}</ref> ''Haaretz'' assessed the footage to be "unequivocal proof that the terror group used the hospital for its military needs."<ref name="haaretz.com">{{Cite news |title=Videos Show Exact Path of Hamas Tunnels Under Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-11-23/ty-article-magazine/gaza-israel-war-videos-path-hamas-tunnels-al-shifa-hospital/0000018b-fc69-d330-a9bb-ffff49790000 |access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]], saying it had yet to see "any credible evidence" that al-Shifa was housing a Hamas command center, said that "Israel has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to substantiate this claim, which it has promoted since at least the 2008-9 Operation Cast Lead".<ref name=amnesty2023 />
==See also==
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