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The hospital that has become a critical battleground between Hamas and Israel
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LONDON – Israeli soldiers have withdrawn from the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza after what they described as a “precise and targeted operation” against Hamas militants allegedly hiding inside the Palestinian territory’s biggest medical facility.
But while the Israeli army ended Wednesday’s politically sensitive operation without much bloodshed, Israel failed to provide significant incriminating evidence to back up its claim that Hamas misused the hospital.
