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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">'Bloody Massacre' - 50 Palestinians Executed, 180 Detained by Israel at Al-Shifa Hospital</h1>March 19, 2024</div>
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50 Palestinians were killed and nearly 200 arrested by Israeli forces at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. (Photo: via WAFA)
<p><strong>By <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff" title="Display all articles for Palestine Chronicle Staff">Palestine Chronicle Staff</a></strong> </p>
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<h3><span>“Hundreds of Israeli occupation soldiers armed to the teeth,
with police dogs, dozens of tanks, drones, and helicopters participated
in the raid on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex”.</span></h3>
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<p><span>Israeli forces killed 50 Palestinians at the Al-Shifa Medical
Complex in Gaza City and detained at least 180 more, the Israeli army
said in a statement on Tuesday. </span></p>
<p><span>“Battles are taking place between Israeli forces” and Palestinian fighters, the statement added.</span></p>
<p><span>The Gaza government media office slammed the Israeli ‘bloody
massacre’, calling on the United Nations and the international community
to urgently intervene. </span></p>
<h4><b>‘Clear War Crime’</b></h4>
<p><span>“The Israeli occupation army admitted to committing a bloody
massacre by executing more than 50 Palestinian civilians and arresting
about 200 others in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its vicinity in
Gaza City,” the Gaza office said in a statement.</span></p>
<p><span>According to the office, a number of children were also executed.</span></p>
<p><span>“Hundreds of Israeli occupation soldiers armed to the teeth,
with police dogs, dozens of tanks, drones, and helicopters participated
in the raid on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex,” the statement said.</span></p>
<h4><b>Israeli Raid</b></h4>
<p><span>On Monday morning, Israeli occupation forces stormed the
largest hospital in the Strip, took control of the complex and detained
scores of people. </span></p>
<p><span>Al-Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif reported that Israeli
occupation forces detained displaced men and youth after storming a
number of schools in the vicinity of the Al-Shifa Complex.</span></p>
<p><span>Israeli troops reportedly ordered all women to head to Deir Al-Balah via Al-Rashid Street. </span></p>
<p><span>Israeli occupation forces also besieged two schools in the vicinity of the medical complex.</span></p>
<p><span>Footage circulating online shows the presence of Israeli
military vehicles and bulldozers inside the Shifa Medical Complex with
bulldozing operations inside the square.</span></p>
<p>The siege is now continuing for the second day in a row, and
Palestinian civilians are trapped inside the building, with no access to
food or water.</p>
<p><span>Gaza authorities called for “an immediate and urgent
intervention by all United Nations and international organizations,” the
statement said, adding, “we call on all countries of the free world to
stop the genocide war and halt the aggression on the Gaza Strip, which
specifically targets civilians, children, and women.”</span></p>
<h4><b>Gaza Genocide</b></h4>
<p><span>Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice
for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating
war on Gaza since October 7.</span></p>
<p><span>According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 31,819 Palestinians
have been killed, and 73,934 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in
Gaza starting on October 7.</span></p>
<p><span>Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.</span></p>
<p><span>Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.</span></p>
<p><span>The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful
displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip,
with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded
southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become
Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.</span></p>
<p><span>Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed
during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published
reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by
‘friendly fire.’ </span><span><br>
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<p><em>(The Palestine Chronicle)</em></p>
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