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Times Reporters Got a Rare Glimpse of Gaza’s Largest Hospital Times Reporters Got a Rare Glimpse of Gaza’s Largest Hospital
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Early this morning, three of my colleagues visited Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, which has become central to the war between Israel and Hamas.Early this morning, three of my colleagues visited Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, which has become central to the war between Israel and Hamas.
There, the Israeli military escorted them to a stone-and-concrete shaft with a staircase descending into the earth. It was evidence, Israeli officials asserted, of a Hamas military facility under the hospital. But a commander said that the forces, fearing booby traps, had not ventured down the shaft.There, the Israeli military escorted them to a stone-and-concrete shaft with a staircase descending into the earth. It was evidence, Israeli officials asserted, of a Hamas military facility under the hospital. But a commander said that the forces, fearing booby traps, had not ventured down the shaft.
The controlled visit did not settle the question of whether Hamas had been using Al-Shifa to hide weapons and command centers, as Israel has said. But it did offer my colleagues a rare opportunity to witness the wartime conditions inside Gaza City.The controlled visit did not settle the question of whether Hamas had been using Al-Shifa to hide weapons and command centers, as Israel has said. But it did offer my colleagues a rare opportunity to witness the wartime conditions inside Gaza City.
Our Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley, described houses flattened like playing cards, and a city utterly disfigured. They drove into a neighborhood Patrick had visited a dozen times over the past three years, yet he could hardly recognize it.Our Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley, described houses flattened like playing cards, and a city utterly disfigured. They drove into a neighborhood Patrick had visited a dozen times over the past three years, yet he could hardly recognize it.
“I could not find the fish market,” Patrick wrote. “The apartment blocks, I now realized, had been wrecked by shelling or strikes. The road had vanished, churned into a sandy, rutted track by the hundreds of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles that have fanned out across the territory.”
As troops searched Al-Shifa for a third day, Israel announced that it would allow limited shipments of fuel to the enclave to avoid “epidemics” amid the wreckage of the territory.