The Israeli military says it has destroyed a former hospital within the Gaza Strip.
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Nezarim was utilized by Hamas cadres, a spokesman for the armed forces informed the Israeli media on Friday.
Hamas, the Israelis mentioned, had transformed it right into a “terrorist infrastructure.” The army had struck a bunch of Hamas members within the constructing from the air, the spokesman added.
Nevertheless, movies circulating on the web counsel that the hospital was extra more likely to have been destroyed by a managed explosion, in response to a report within the Instances of Israel newspaper.
The hospital was constructed and financed by a Turkish state group. It’s situated within the Netzarim Hall, a bit of land that divides the Gaza Strip within the center.
The Israeli military reoccupied the realm previously few days after withdrawing from there through the now collapsed ceasefire.
The hospital itself has not been in operation for greater than a 12 months. The Israeli army has additionally used the constructing as a base at varied occasions through the battle.
Displaced Palestinians look on from the destroyed buildings of the Islamic College in Gaza Metropolis. Omar Ashtawy/APA Photographs by way of ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
