Israel Faces Mounting Global Pressure Over Gaza Hospital Attacks

  • Military faces criticism abroad over medical-facility targets
  • Hamas uses hospitals as command, control centers, Israel says
The exterior of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10.Source: AFP/Getty Images
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Israel’s military chief spokesman was in full combat gear as he gave his daily war update from a new location deep within Gaza City’s Rantisi Children’s Hospital on Monday night.

Pointing to suicide-bomb vests, grenades and anti-tank missiles, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari alleged that hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 were likely held in the basement there. He showed viewers a wall calendar that — he said — appeared to lay out a guard schedule starting on that date.