Israeli forces withdraw from Al-Shifa having not found any weapons
After besieging the hospital and bombing it on several occasions, Israeli occupation forces finally withdrew from Al-Shifa Hospital with no evidence supporting their claims.
Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Al-Shifa Medical Complex, however, their tanks remain positioned in its vicinity, the Director General of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, said late on Wednesday.
Abu Salmiya confirmed, yet again, that Israeli occupation forces "did not find any military gear or weapons in the hospital," emphasizing that the Hospital's management does not allow weapons on its premises.
He pointed to the futility of the ongoing communications with international organizations, which were unable to deter the occupation from committing yet another war crime in the Gaza Strip.
The Director General of Al-Shifa revealed that the occupation detained two medical engineers and interrogated several medical staffers in the complex.
In detail, the two detained engineers are the only available experts at the hospital who are tasked with the management of the complex's electrical generators and oxygen supply systems, according to Munir al-Bursh, the Director General for the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
Al-Bursh revealed that the occupation sabotaged and destroyed crucial systems and assets in the complex, having failed to find their alleged spoils.
Qatar calls for an international investigation
On its part, Qatar urged an international investigation into Israeli raids on medical facilities in the Gaza Strip, denouncing Israeli war crimes in Al-Shifa Hospital.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry in a statement called for "an urgent international investigation" by the United Nations to look into "the targeting of hospitals by the Israeli occupation army."
Meanwhile, Hamas held the president of the United States Joe Biden responsible for the raid. In response, Kirby told reporters, "We did not give an OK to their ("Israel's") military operations around the hospital."
Further exposing Israeli lies, the Hamas movement confirmed that the Israeli occupation’s claim that there are weapons in Al-Shifa Hospital is merely part "of the blatant lies and cheap propaganda, through which it tries to justify its crime with the aim of destroying the health sector in Gaza."
Hamas stressed that this propaganda is the same as that the Israeli forces used to justify their storming of al-Rantisi Children's Hospital, "where the occupation plants weapons in the place and puts up an unsubstantiated charade that no one falls for anymore."
