Israel repeats claim that Hamas uses hospitals as 'military command centres'

Israel's second co-Agent at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Tamar-Kaplan Tourgeman, said that South Africa should "advise its ally Hamas" to stop using hospitals in Gaza as "military command centres".

Tourgeman said that Israel has not harmed any patients or medical personnel, particuarly alluding to the Israeli army's operations in al-Shifa hospital, after which hundreds of bodies were found in mass graves in the hospital.

Tourgeman said that Hamas had reused al-Shifa as a military command centre.

Israel has so far failed to provide verifiable evidence that hospitals in Gaza were used for such military purposes.

Doctors Without Borders said that Israel's March operations in al-Shifa were "endangering patients, medical staff and people trapped inside". Fleeing Palestinians said they hit by shelling while leaving, and medical staff said they were unable to operate on patients, 2 many of whom died during the siege, according to the WHO.