Hamas to suspend hostage negotiations over al-Shifa hospital situation
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The Palestinian group Hamas is suspending negotiations for the release of hostages due to the situation around the Al-Shifa hospital. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a Palestinian official, writes The Juresalem Post.
Earlier, Israeli Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the Israeli military would help transfer patients from the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, as fighting was taking place near the facility. According to Israel, the medical facility is used by Hamas as a central base of operations with a network of tunnels and command posts underneath.
There is “no siege” at the hospital and the eastern part is open for safe passage for Gazans, Hagari said. In addition, the Israeli army is allowing patients and staff at Gaza hospitals, as well as all non-combatants in northern Gaza, to evacuate to the south.
On November 11, the organization Physicians for Human Rights in Israel reported the death of two premature babies at the hospital due to a power outage amid the bombing, The Times of Israel also writes. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that amid the shelling, contact with the hospital was lost.
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as transmit The media agency said Israeli authorities offered fuel to the hospital, but the militants refused to receive it.
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