Israel launched a raid on Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital overnight, where it said senior Hamas terrorists were holed up.

Witnesses reported air strikes on the devastated neighbourhood where the hospital is located along with tanks and heavy gunfire.

Israeli soldiers “are currently conducting a precise operation in the area of the Shifa hospital”, a statement from the military said.

”The operation is based on intelligence information indicating the use of the hospital by senior Hamas terrorists”.

The Hamas government media office in Gaza condemned the operation, saying that “the storming of the Al-Shifa medical complex with tanks, drones, and weapons, and shooting inside it, is a war crime”.

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