[News] GMO and Palestinian factions condemn the ongoing Israeli raid on Al-Shifa complex in Gaza

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 GMO and Palestinian factions condemn the ongoing Israeli raid on Al-Shifa
complex in Gaza

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GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO)in Gaza and Palestinian factions have
condemned the Israeli army’s raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex in western
Gaza early Monday, using tanks, drones, weapons, and firing inside the
complex.

The GMO said in a statement: “This crime confirms the Israeli intent to
eliminate the healthcare sector and destroy hospitals.”

It pointed out that the Israeli forces stormed the Al-Shifa Medical Complex
with tanks, heavily armed soldiers, and drones since the early hours of
dawn, and began firing inside the complex, causing fear and panic among the
wounded, patients, and displaced individuals.

The GMO emphasized that what is happening threatens the lives of thousands
of people, patients, medical staff, and displaced individuals, inside the
Al-Shifa Medical Complex, in a war crime added to the black record of the
occupying army, which continues to commit various crimes and massacres, and
still harbors the intention to eliminate the healthcare sector and destroy
hospitals.

It added, “We strongly condemn the Israeli army’s raid on the Al-Shifa
Medical Complex, considering it a blatant war crime, a violation of
international law and international agreements, and a crime against
humanity.”

“The Israeli occupation army, the US administration, and the international
community are held fully responsible for the safety and lives of the
medical teams, the wounded, the patients, and the displaced individuals
from our Palestinian people,” the Office said.

The international and regional organizations, as well as all free countries
in the world, were urged to immediately and urgently intervene to restrain
the occupation, stop its genocidal war, cease its aggression, and target
the healthcare sector and medical institutions. They were urged to exert
pressure to stop these organized and planned crimes within the framework of
the Israeli plan to destroy the healthcare sector.

*Factions’ condemnation*

The Palestinian factions also strongly condemned the continued targeting of
hospitals by the occupation army with the aim of destroying the healthcare
sector, the latest of which was the targeting of Al-Shifa Medical Complex
at dawn today.

The factions said in a statement, “Targeting hospitals is a continuation of
the genocidal war waged by Israel against the Palestinian people and a
blatant violation of all international conventions and laws.”

They believed that the goal was clear, which is to deny any opportunity for
the survival and treatment of the wounded and patients, as evidenced by the
deprivation of thousands from traveling to receive treatment and pursuing
them in hospitals.

They emphasized that the Israeli narratives and false claims are lies, as
hospitals are civilian health institutions that have not engaged in any
activities contrary to their defined functions and responsibilities
according to international and humanitarian law.

*Ministry of Health: Blatant violation*

On its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health held Israel fully
responsible for the lives of the medical teams, patients, and displaced
individuals inside the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

The ministry said in a press statement, “What the Israeli forces are doing
against the Al-Shifa Medical Complex is a blatant violation of
international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.”

It added, “The Israeli occupation still uses its fabricated narratives to
deceive the world and justify the raid on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex,
warning that the Israeli military attack aims to continue destroying the
healthcare system in northern Gaza.”

It called on the international community to reject the Israeli practices
against the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and Gaza hospitals.

The ministry also called on international institutions to immediately head
to the Al-Shifa Medical Complex to protect it and everyone inside and to
prevent the Israeli targeting specifically aimed at it.
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