Israel and the international community bear responsibility for al-Shifa raid, minister says

The Palestinian health minister, Dr Mai al-Kaila, said on Wednesday that the “Israeli occupation and the international community bear the responsibility for the lives lost, including patients, medical staff, and displaced persons in al-Shifa Medical Complex.”

She called the raid on the hospital a “flagrant violation of international law” and a “crime against humanity”.

Kaila added that the storming came after a series of “crimes committed by Israeli forces, including imposing a siege, bombing and shelling aimed towards wounded, displaced and medical teams”.

The minister stated that so far, Israeli forces have killed 198 medical staff members since the start of the war, destroyed 55 ambulances, and put 25 hospitals totally out of service.