The IDF said that after days of consideration it has begun to attack the al Wafa Hospital compound in Gaza City\’s Shajaiyeh area. The military claimed the hospital has been a hotbed of terrorists activities, with gun and anti-tank missile fire originating from the cite.
Israel has long claimed that Hamas and other Gaza terror groups are using civilian centers – like hospitals, mosques and schools – to launch attacks on Israel. Just last week some 20 rockets were found in an UNRWA school.
The al Wafa rehabilitation hospital was evacuated late last week following numerous phone call warnings from the IDF.
The hospital, which serves as a rehab facility had gained attention earlier in the conflict when a group of foreign activists moved in to be alongside the 17 patients who remained there because their conditions prevented them from being evacuated.
Nevertheless, they were moved last Thursday to a nearby hospital as Israel struck targets that rattled the facility.
The IDF released aerial photos today that they claim show the locations of Hamas rocket launch sites placed dangerously close to civilian sites. The photos claim to show rocket launchers inside the grounds of a mosque and a playground as well as a rocket launcher that appears to be adjacent to al-Wafa hospital.