{"id":14852,"date":"2024-01-31T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/israeli-tanks-firing-live-ammunition-in-khan-younis-hospital-complex-aid-group-says\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T00:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:47:27","slug":"israeli-tanks-firing-live-ammunition-in-khan-younis-hospital-complex-aid-group-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/israeli-tanks-firing-live-ammunition-in-khan-younis-hospital-complex-aid-group-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli tanks \u2018firing live ammunition\u2019 in Khan Younis hospital complex, aid group says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli tanks fired live ammunition and smoke grenades after entering a hospital complex in southern Gaza where more than 8,000 people are sheltering, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Tuesday. <\/p>\n

After surrounding the Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis for more than a week, Israeli military vehicles drove into the compound and were stationed in the hospital\u2019s front yard, which is crowded with thousands of displaced people, according to the PRCS. <\/p>\n

The tanks were \u201cfiring live ammunition and smoke grenades,\u201d the aid agency said in a series of messages between 10 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET. <\/p>\n

In the past, Israel has frequently asserted that Hamas is using hospitals and other infrastructure as a cover for tunnels and military operations. <\/p>\n

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The PRCS also reported fire from Israeli tanks in the area earlier Tuesday, which it said killed one displaced woman and injured nine others. <\/p>\n

Israeli forces \u201cdemolished the outer wall of the building and fired \u2026 smoke bombs at the displaced people and the association\u2019s staff,\u201d the organization said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is becoming more dangerous. We are extremely concerned for the safety of our crews, the wounded, the sick, and the thousands of displaced people in the building.\u201d <\/p>\n

Despite frequent shelling and strikes in the area, medics have tried to sustain operations at Al Amal. <\/p>\n

Residents of northern Gaza were originally told to evacuate to the southern city, but with Israeli operations now focused on Khan Younis the situation is worsening for the already displaced people. <\/p>\n

Many are afraid to move to supposedly safer areas and little aid has reached these facilities in recent days because of the fighting. <\/p>\n

Since the start of the war in Gaza, Israel has faced fierce criticism for launching attacks in and around hospitals, which are protected under international humanitarian law. <\/p>\n

In a separate operation Tuesday, Israeli special forces dressed as civilians and medical staff infiltrated a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin and killed three Palestinian men it claimed were planning a \u201cserious attack\u201d on Israel citizens. <\/p>\n

The raid on the West Bank hospital was defended by the IDF\u2019s Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi, who claimed the men targeted were involved in a terrorist cell planning a \u201cserious atack\u201d on Israel civilians. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want to turn hospitals into battlefields,\u201d Halevi said, \u201cBut we are even more determined not to allow hospitals in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Lebanon, above ground or in tunnel shafts and tunnels under hospitals, to become a place that is a cover for terrorism, and one that allows terrorists to stash weapons, to rest, to go out to carry out an attack.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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