From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 12, 2023
IDF: We supplied 300 liters of fuel to Shifa, Hamas barred hospital from getting it
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it supplied 300 liters of fuel for “urgent medical purposes” at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, but Hamas prevented the medical center from receiving it.
Early this morning, troops placed the jerrycans near the hospital, as had been coordinated in advance with officials at Shifa.
It says that later, “the IDF received evidence that Hamas officials prevented the hospital from receiving the fuel.”
The military publishes a call between an IDF officer and a senior Gazan health official, who says that Yousef Abu-Al Rish, the deputy health minister in Gaza, forbade the hospital from receiving the fuel.
The IDF doesn’t say what happened with the fuel after that.
The army has accused Hamas of having its main base of operations under Shifa Hospital, and has called on Palestinian civilians in the area, as well as in the entire north Gaza, to evacuate south.
IDF says it supplied 300 liters of fuel for "urgent medical purposes" at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, but Hamas prevented the medical center from receiving it.
Early this morning troops placed the jerrycans near the hospital, as had been coordinated in advance with officials at… pic.twitter.com/W5VYeJW2y8
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 12, 2023
The Times of Israel Community.