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Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? (apnews.com)

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is true in general, but this time they're literally in Israel's crosshairs. These people are dying to sniper fire.

[–] Argonne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Source?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-gaza-al-shifa-hospital-palestinians-rcna124785

[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya, fair request. Not that the end result would be any worse than bombing, etc. But that would be the first report of sniper fire on civilians, afaik.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-gaza-al-shifa-hospital-palestinians-rcna124785