White House says it has evidence Hamas using Al-Shifa hospital to run military actions
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FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - The White House on Tuesday said it had its own intelligence that Hamas was using Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital to run its military operations, and probably to store weapons, saying those actions constituted a war crime.
"We have information that confirms that Hamas is using that particular hospital for a command and control mode" and probably to store weapons, national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters aboard Air Force One. "That is a war crime."
He said those actions by the Palestinian militant group did not lessen Israel's responsibility to protect civilians. REUTERS
