Tel Aviv: Another Israeli soldier has died in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Giving information about this, the Israeli Army said that one of its soldiers lost his life during the raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. News agency Xinhua quoted Israeli Public Radio as saying that the soldier was a sergeant of the Hanahal Brigade. According to reports, 593 Israeli soldiers have died since the war began last year, with one soldier dying in a hospital in Gaza.
Many Palestinians killed during the raid
Earlier on Monday, Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, had said that it was having a fierce clash with the infiltrating enemy (Israeli) forces near the Al-Shifa compound. The al-Qassam Brigades said in a press statement that it targeted several military vehicles. Israeli Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said that IDF soldiers were conducting an operation at al-Shifa hospital based on intelligence. According to Palestinian and Israeli sources, several Palestinians were killed and injured and 80 people were arrested during the raid.
‘Thousands have taken shelter in the hospital’
The Israeli army says that Hamas terrorists have again made the hospital their base and opened fire from inside the premises. Palestinian officials say that thousands of people have taken shelter in the hospital. The Israeli army attacked Shifa Hospital in November last year. The army had claimed that Hamas had set up a command center inside and beneath the hospital. The army also discovered a tunnel leading to some underground rooms and recovered weapons from inside the hospital. However, due to the lack of evidence against the claims, critics accused the army of putting the lives of civilians in danger.
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