Israeli Military Transition, Cause Of Death Of 2 Patients Caused By Mistargeted Projectiles

Iustration of Gaza's current condition (Photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The Israeli military said the deaths of two patients including a baby at a Gaza hospital were caused by a bullet projectile that was mistargeted after being fired by the Hamas group.

The Israeli military argued that at that time there was a fierce battle against Hamas around the region. The IDF said hospitals in Gaza needed to be vacated to confront Hamas, who denied using civilians as living shields, as Israel has repeatedly accused them of doing so.

Former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) intelligence officer and former Israeli intelligence agency official, Mossad, Yossi Alpher said Israeli forces are currently hunting for Hamas supreme leader Yahya Sinwar, 61, who is considered the mastermind behind the October 7 terrorist attack, and Mohammed Def, commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade, Hamas military wing.

"There is absolutely no certainty that Sinwar and Def are there. They know we will come. They know we will not go too far to the South (Gaza), so they may have gone or planned to fight until the end" he said.

"I don't see we're going to attack a hospital full of patients and the doctor it's going to be a disaster. So how long it takes to do this is still unclear," Alpher added. "And the way you get to the tunnel below it's a big mystery."

Alpher said that, even if Israel's actions around al-Shifa ended as a climax of its efforts to fulfill Israel's promise to eliminate Hamas, there would still be Hamas in the south, which may include Hamas leadership.

The Palestinian Red Crescent posted to X (formerly Twitter) that Israeli tanks are now 65 feet from Al-Quds hospitals in Gaza City, and the shootings immediately created "extreme assault and fear among 14,000 refugees."

Meanwhile, Angelita Caredda, director of the Middle East region of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told Wakek on Saturday, November 11, that THOSE being treated or seeking shelter in the hospital have no other place to go.

"Medical facilities and those treating sick and injured have special protection based on international humanitarian law that must be respected under all circumstances," Caredda said in a written statement.

"Failure to do this is a serious violation of international humanitarian law," he added. "A urgent ceasefire is needed to avoid the fall of more innocent lives. All parties must comply with the law of war to save all civilians," he said.