Troops encircled Gaza's Shifa hospital over the weekend and another hospital in Gaza City, Al-Quds, was forced to shut down on Sunday because it ran out of fuel. As battles around Gaza's hospitals continue, it raises an urgent question of when do medical facilities lose special protection under international humanitarian law?
Troops encircled Gaza 's Shifa hospital over the weekend and another hospital in Gaza City, Al-Quds , was forced to shut down on Sunday because it ran out of fuel. Around 650 patients, 500 healthcare workers and an estimated 2,500 displaced people remain in the enclaves Shifa hospital compound, said Mohammed Zaqout, director of hospitals in Gaza .
This would signal a significant departure since the weekend when Gaza health officials had said about 1,500 patients, along with 1,500 medical workers and 15,000 displaced people were at Shifa. As battles around Gaza's hospitals continue, it raises an urgent question of when do medical facilities lose special protection under international humanitarian law? Doctors are fighting to keep 36 premature babies alive in Al-Shifa hospital after incubators were turned off when electricity supplies ran out, ITV News Correspondent Rachel Younger reports. Israel claims that Hamas locates military assets under hospitals and other sensitive sites like schools and mosques
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