– Israeli military forces raid al-Shifa Hospital causes deaths and injuries
– German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that world could not simply stand by and watch as Palestinians risk starvation in the enclave.
- Israeli forces stormed Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, with a military spokesman claiming Hamas fighters have regrouped inside the medical facility.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry said the raid on the hospital – Israel’s fourth since October – has resulted in deaths and injuries.
- PM Netanyahu pledged to go ahead with a ground assault on Rafah in Gaza after German Chancellor Scholz warned against it.
- Nineteen aid trucks arrived safely in Jabalia as the first convoys to travel from the south to the north of the Gaza Strip without incident in four months bring desperately needed aid.
- At least 31,726 Palestinians have been killed and 73,792 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139 with dozens taken captive.
At least 80 Palestinians were detained by Israeli soldiers as they raided Shifa Hospital in Gaza, according to a report by Al Jazeera on Monday, citing the Times of Israel.
According to the Israeli publication, Hamas fighters and the occupational military “exchanged fire” inside the building. Just one Israeli soldier sustained a “light injury” and, the IDF claimed, several Hamas militants were killed and injured.
The lives of hundreds of displaced citizens, patients, and medical personnel taking refuge at the hospital have been put in danger by Israeli soldiers breaking into the facility, according to the Gaza health ministry.
Scholz to Netanyahu: world can’t stand by as Palestinians risk starvation
By: Reuters
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz questioned the terribly high costs of Israel’s offensive in Gaza on Sunday, saying the world could not simply stand by and watch as Palestinians risk starvation in the enclave.
Speaking after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Scholz said he had shared his concerns about the high number of civilian casualties and insufficient aid reaching Gaza where aid agencies say famine is looming.
While many countries have expressed similar concerns, the warning was unusually stark for the German leader, who has continuously underscored Israel’s right to defend itself after an October 7 attack.
Germany has been one of Israel’s staunchest allies alongside the United States, underlining its duty to stand by the country’s side in atonement for its perpetration of the Nazi Holocaust.
“The more desperate the situation of the people in Gaza becomes, the more this begs the question: No matter how important the goal, can it justify such terribly high costs, or are there other ways to achieve your goal?” Scholz said in English at a joint appearance with Netanyahu.
“We cannot stand by and watch Palestinians risk starvation,” he said. “That’s not us. That is not what we stand for.”