Israel renewed its operation at Gaza’s largest hospital Thursday, targeting what it maintains is a Hamas command centre concealed in a complex sheltering more than 2,000 civilians. Hamas has called the claim “cheap propaganda”. Israel’s military offensive in the besieged enclave continued despite the adoption of a UNSC resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in Gaza. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
Key developments from Wednesday, November 15:
- The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in Gaza.
- The Israeli military raided Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital and claimed it found Hamas weapons and equipment. The IDF said this confirms the theory that it there was a Hamas command operations center underneath the hospital.
- Hamas denied the claim, calling it ‘nothing but a continuation of the lies and cheap propaganda’.
- At least 1,200 people have died on the Israeli side, mostly civilians killed in the initial Hamas attack. Palestinian militants are holding nearly 240 hostages seized in the raid.
- The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has not issued new figures for dead and injured Palestinians for several days. The most recent count said the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 11,320, including 4,630 children and 3,130 women.
Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest in the enclave, receives data from every hospital in the strip. Hospital administrators say they keep records of every wounded person occupying a bed and every body arriving at a morgue. The ministry collects data from other sources also, including the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.
In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN’s counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.
For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
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