Harvard University students held a vigil, or “community vigil,” on Tuesday to remember the “victims” of Israel’s attack on Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. They were actually Hamas terrorists, and some of them were high-ranking Hamas officials.
Early in the war, Israel discovered that Hamas was using Shifa Hospital to hide terrorists, hostages, and weapons. A sophisticated tunnel was found beneath the facility, containing a command center and long-term living facilities. Hamas used other hospitals in the Gaza Strip in similar ways, often fighting IDF forces from inside the facilities.
Early Monday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed that it was conducting a limited operation at the hospital, based on information that Hamas terrorists had returned to Shifa to use it as a base of operations. did.
The Israel Defense Forces announced that it had removed Faik Mabhouh, head of Hamas’s Internal Security Operations Directorate, who had barricaded himself in a hospital before the operation.
Additionally, the Israel Defense Forces announced that they had arrested a number of Hamas terrorists who were using the hospital as a base.
Using a hospital as a military facility is a war crime.
Nevertheless, students at Harvard University decided to hold a vigil for the alleged “victims” of the IDF operation in Shifa.
Harvard University students held a “community vigil” on campus today after the IDF attacked Al-Shifa Hospital and killed Faik Mabhouchi, Hamas’s head of internal security operations. pic.twitter.com/ATurq3Jhug
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of harvard crimson covered He held a vigil without mentioning the presence of Hamas at the hospital. In fact, the word “Hamas” never appears in the text of the articles published by this prestigious student newspaper.
Approximately 80 Harvard University officials and local residents attended a vigil held Tuesday afternoon at the Smith Campus Center to remember the victims of the Israeli attack on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
Early Monday morning, Israeli forces stormed Gaza’s largest hospital facility, killing at least 20 people and capturing dozens, including journalists.
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“Each of these Palestinian martyrs was a parent, a child, a loved one,” one of the speakers said. “These were health care workers who dedicated their lives to healing others, patients fighting for survival, and displaced families seeking shelter.”
Students participating in the wake also crimsondistinguish between terrorists and civilians.
IDF Spokesman, Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari explained Operation Shifa Briefing (translated by IDF):
At approximately 2:30 a.m. tonight, IDF soldiers began an intensive operation within the premises of Shifa Hospital.
According to accurate intelligence information from the ISA [Israel Security Agency, or “Shin Bet,” or “Shabak”] Hamas terrorists, including field commanders, fled to the hospital area and hid there, turning it into a command center from where they dispatched and controlled terrorist operations and managed combat. We have been tracking this compound for some time and were waiting for the most opportune time to act.
Before dawn, Shaitet 13 and other special forces units, based on accurate intelligence, raided the Shifa Hospital compound and certain buildings within the compound. Armored and infantry units of the 401st Brigade under the command of the 162nd Division surrounded the hospital area with tanks and soldiers to prevent the terrorists from escaping. The IAF covered the entire area from the air during the operation.
As our forces entered the compound, the surprised terrorists barricaded themselves in several buildings within the hospital and began attacking our forces from within the hospital, from rooms within the buildings, and from various locations within the compound. There were numerous encounters with terrorists inside the hospital. area. Our troops counterattacked, and a gunfight ensued at the scene. In addition, a combat helicopter fired at our troops with precision in one of the rooms, and the terrorists were the only ones killed in the room as a result of this attack.
During this operation, we arrested more than 200 terrorist suspects, who are currently under investigation, and eliminated more than 20 terrorists within the hospital area, including terrorist Faik Mabhouh, who served as Hamas’s Director of Internal Security Special Operations. . He was killed in an encounter with the Thirteenth Army of Chayet in the hospital area. Additionally, troops from the 401st Brigade eliminated more than 20 terrorists in the area surrounding the hospital alone.
During the battle, Israeli Defense Forces soldier SSGT Matan Vinogradov Zurul fell in combat. Our condolences go out to his family at this difficult time. We accompany them and share their grief.
During a search of the hospital, our forces discovered weapons and cash intended for distribution to Hamas terrorists inside the hospital. The funds demonstrate the mechanisms used by terrorists, including senior field operatives, to control Hamas mechanisms from within hospitals, distribute funds to terrorist operatives, and dispatch operations from there. While Hamas terrorists were hiding inside hospitals, they sacrificed patients and civilians to ensure their own safety above all else.
The Hamas terrorist organization continues to operate systematically from hospitals and civilian infrastructure, using civilians and patients as human shields.
Hamas rebuilt a base within the hospital and attempted to use it as a haven for fleeing terrorists. We will not allow this and will attack and continue to attack Hamas wherever he tries to regain control.IDF forces continue to operate in the hospital area tonight. We still have buildings to scan and more terrorists in the area that we know of. We will harm the terrorists who try to escape, we will call on the terrorists to surrender, we have declared through the ISA, the personnel and soldiers of Unit 504 have called on them to surrender, and dozens have already surrendered. Most of these are being investigated by Unit 504. This unit brings real-time information during surgeries and discovers more in the hospital and community.
The IDF added that even if Hamas is removed from the facility, normal operations of the hospital will be maintained.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. He is the author of recent books.The Zionist conspiracy (and how to join it)‘ is now available on Audible. He is also the author of an e-book. Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 US Presidential Election. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
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