No Hostages Found – Why Netanyahu Wanted to Storm Al-Shifa

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According to Radio Kan, Netanyahu’s expectations that Israeli forces would find hostages there did not materialize.

Israeli soldiers found no hostages during searches of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, Sky News Arabia reported, citing Israeli sources.

According to Sky News, Israeli special forces searched every inch of the hospital and questioned several doctors, medical personnel, and internally displaced persons.

According to the Gaza government media office, there are almost 9,000 people inside the hospital, including patients, medical staff, and displaced Palestinians.

Previously, Israel’s Radio Kan announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held off on agreeing to exchange a group of civilians for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons to roll the dice with the assault on the al-Shifa hospital.

According to Radio Kan, Netanyahu’s expectations that Israeli forces would find hostages there did not materialize.

Israeli forces stormed the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City on Wednesday, turning it into military barracks and a detention center, the Euro-Med Monitor said in a statement.

The Geneva-based right group also stated that “the Israeli army is the only party controlling the scene inside the al-Shifa Medical Complex” as “no third party or international organization was permitted to be present inside, which raises doubts about any Israeli narrative that would be released later.”

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel has, thus far, killed over 11,500 Palestinians, including 4,710 children.

The Israeli army continues to pound civilian homes throughout the Gaza Strip with new massacres reported everywhere in the besieged enclave.

(PC, TASS)

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