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The Israeli occupation army attacked Al-Shifa Medical Complex, west of Gaza City, at dawn on Monday, where violent clashes took place in its vicinity between Israeli special forces and Palestinian resistance fighters.

The occupation forces suddenly entered under heavy fire cover and besieged the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip, in light of bombing that targeted parts of it. Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that there were martyrs and wounded by the occupation forces’ fire inside the complex.

Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagray claimed that Hamas officials were working from within the Shifa complex against Israel.

Hagari said at dawn on Monday, "Army forces began a limited operation in the vicinity of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex based on intelligence information indicating the presence of Hamas officials inside it."

Hagari spoke about what he described as “senior leaders in Hamas” working from within the complex to attack Israel - as he put it.

In turn, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the Israeli army's operation in the Shifa complex followed the receipt of intelligence information indicating the presence of Hamas officials there.

Blatant violation

On the other hand, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that it holds the Israeli occupation responsible for the lives of medical staff, patients and displaced persons inside the Shifa Complex, and described what the occupation forces are doing against the medical complex as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Hanif Convention.

The Ministry confirmed that the Israeli occupation is still using its fabricated narratives to deceive the world and to justify the storming of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, calling on the international community to reject the practices of the Israeli occupation against Al-Shifa Medical Complex and Gaza’s hospitals. It also called on international institutions to immediately go to Al-Shifa Medical Complex to protect it and protect everyone inside it and prevent targeting. The designated Israeli.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that nine martyrs and a number of wounded were killed in an Israeli bombing at dawn today that targeted a house for the Abu Hujair family, west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes also bombed a house for the Felfel family in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.

Our correspondent also reported that Israeli drones were firing at anyone moving in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of Gaza City and demanding that residents stay in their homes. This was confirmed by Al-Aqsa satellite channel, which said that a violent Israeli air strike targeted the Al-Rimal neighborhood in the center of Gaza City.

Source: Al Jazeera