Israel-Hamas War LIVE updates: Israeli troops moving inside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza to carry out ‘targeted’ operation

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Read the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas war hereThe Israel army, which is carrying out a "precise and targeted operation" against Hamas in a specified area in the Shifa Hospital, has asked the Gaza-run militant group to surrender."We call upon all Hamas terrorists present in the hospital to surrender," Israel Defense Forces wrote on the X platfrom.The Israeli military entered Gaza's largest hospital early Wednesday, conducting what it called a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the facility. The IDF said, “conducting a ground operation in Gaza to defeat Hamas and rescue our hostages.

Israel is at war with Hamas, not with the civilians in Gaza".“The IDF forces include medical teams and Arabic speakers, who have undergone specified training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment, with the intent that no harm is caused to the civilians being used by Hamas as human shields," the Isarel Defense Forces wrote on the X platform.Israel believes it has given the Hamas operatives sufficient time to cease their alleged activities inside the building.Israeli authorities claim the militants conceal military operations in the facility. Hamas has denied the Israeli accusations that it uses the hospital for cover.