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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Shifa Hospital

Soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza on October 25, 2024 (L-R): Sgt. Ido Ben Zvi, Sgt. Hillel Ovadia, Cpt. Barak Israel Sagan (Courtesy)
October 25, 2024, 6:36 pm
3 soldiers killed in north Gaza as troops raid hospital in pursuit of Hamas operatives
IDF says it has facilitated the evacuation of patients and sent in medical supplies; Palestinians say dozens detained; WHO says it has lost contact with Kamal Adwan Hospital
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Gazan filmmaker and activist Bisan Owda is seen in her report for AJ+, 'It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive,' published November 4, 2023. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 23, 2024, 4:07 pm
Emmys defend nominating Gazan activist for award despite her apparent ties to PFLP
Open letter calls on academy to rescind nomination to Bisan Owda over past photos indicating she spoke at the terror group’s events
By ToI Staff
This video grab shows Mohammed Abu Selmia, former director of Shifa Hospital, who was detained by Israeli forces in November, sitting with his family after his release, along with other detainees, at a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)
July 5, 2024, 4:56 pm
Released Gaza detainees allege torture in Israeli facilities
Former inmates say they were subjected to electric shocks, deprived of bathroom access; Israel denies torture, but is probing detention facility
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive to cast their votes at a polling station in London on July 4, 2024, as Britain holds a general election. (Paul Ellis / AFP)
July 4, 2024, 2:37 pm
Daily Briefing July 4: Day 272 — UK set to elect new PM who celebrates Shabbat
Editor David Horovitz on recent Hezbollah rocket barrages, freeing of Shifa Hospital head to Gaza and lack of hostage release deal, and a long weekend of elections
By ToI Staff
Mohammad Abu Salmiya (left), director of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, speaks after his release by Israel, July 1, 2024 (Video screenshot); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) at a court hearing in Jerusalem on July 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 3, 2024, 5:14 pm
Dangerous incompetents at the heart of government are subverting Israel’s war on Hamas
The release of a Gaza hospital chief back into the terrorists’ embrace is, of course, anybody’s fault but that of the minister in charge of the prisons * Is Corbyn finished? * How close is Iran to the bomb?
By David Horovitz
Shifa Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya makes a statement after his release from Israeli prison alongside other detainees, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 1, 2024. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
July 2, 2024, 8:15 pm
State comptroller to mull probing failures over release of Shifa Hospital director
Matanyahu Englman says mutual recriminations between government officials over release of Mohammad Abu Salmiya suggest fundamental problem in decision-making processes
By Jeremy Sharon
Shifa Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya makes a statement after his release from Israeli prison alongside other detainees, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 1, 2024. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
July 1, 2024, 11:53 pm
PM says ‘grave mistake’ to free Gaza hospital head; panel to oversee future releases
Prison service rejects claim of overcrowding, releases video of Abu Salmiya’s cell; Shin Bet chief reportedly sent letter to ministers warning full prisons were ‘ticking time bomb’
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Director of Shifa Hospital, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, speaks after his release by Israel, July 1, 2024 (Video screenshot)
July 1, 2024, 2:03 pm
Ministers trade blame with Shin Bet after Shifa Hospital director is released to Gaza
Abu Salmiya, said to have let Hamas abuse Gaza City hospital, freed due to lack of prison space; father of hostage slain there laments further ‘abandonment’; PM blames High Court
By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
The Israel Defense Forces operate in Gaza, in a handout photo published June 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 1, 2024, 1:38 pm
Daily Briefing July 1: Day 269 – Hamas recruits new gunmen in Gaza as IDF op continues
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on the asymmetrical nature of the tit-for-tat conflict in the north, as Hamas fires its largest rocket barrage in months at the south
By ToI Staff
Still image from footage released by the IDF on April 8, 2024, of the interrogation of the spokesman for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Tarek Abu Shaluf. (Screenshot)
April 8, 2024, 10:10 pm
In interrogation, Islamic Jihad spokesman admits group’s rocket struck Gaza hospital
Tarek Abu Shaluf, one of 500 terror operatives captured by IDF at Shifa Hospital, details how group lied about al-Ahli blast, use of Strip’s medical centers
By Emanuel Fabian
People gather around the shell of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, which was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024. (AFP)
April 2, 2024, 1:24 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 2: Day 179 – Fingers pointed at IAF over strikes in Gaza and Syria
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on the deaths of 7 aid workers, the targeted killing of a top Iranian Guard officer; reporter Canaan Lidor on Easter in the Holy Land
By ToI Staff
Palestinians carry the body of a person following an alleged Israeli airstrike, into the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, April 1, 2024 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
April 2, 2024, 4:56 am
Aid organization says 7 workers killed in Israeli strike in central Gaza
World Central Kitchen pauses operations; IDF says it’s ‘probing tragic incident’ as US urges swift investigation; Australian, Polish, UK, US citizens confirmed among dead
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians inspect the damage outside Gaza's Shifa hospital after the Israeli military withdrew from the complex housing the hospital on April 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
April 1, 2024, 3:07 pm
IDF ends Shifa Hospital raid, says it killed 200 terror operatives, arrested 500 more
Palestinians report widespread destruction in wake of two-week operation; IDF soldier killed Sunday is 600th military fatality since October 7 Hamas onslaught
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This handout picture released by the Jordanian army on March 31, 2024, shows humanitarian aid being airdropped from a military aircraft over the northern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jordanian army / AFP)
April 1, 2024, 1:44 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 1: Day 178 – Why Israel contests UN’s Gaza famine claims
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman weighs in on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s press conference, hostage talks, two UN-backed reports and where not to fly on spring break
By ToI Staff
Left: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with troops at an army base, March 31, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry); Right: Sgt. First Class Sivan Weil (Israel Defense Forces)
March 31, 2024, 7:09 pm
Gallant: Captured Hamas operatives say group collapsing; soldier dies after RPG attack
Troops at Shifa hospital find weapons hidden in maternity ward; strike hits Islamic Jihad center at a 2nd hospital
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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