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Israeli forces raid Gaza al-Shifa hospital, open fire inside complex

Heavily armed Israeli forces have stormed the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City using tanks and drones, firing at people inside the complex.

The government media office in Gaza said the raid, which was conducted early on Monday, sparked fear and panic among thousands of patients, medical staff and the displaced, and threatened their lives.

The new war crime “added to the black record of the occupation army, which is still committing various crimes and massacres, and continues … to eliminate the health sector and destroy hospitals” in the besieged Gaza Strip, it noted.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says some 30,000 people, including displaced civilians, wounded patients and medical staff are trapped inside the hospital.

The ministry said anyone “who tries to move is targeted by sniper bullets and quadcopter”.

Guests: Tim Anderson & Fra Hughes

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Tim Anderson

Tim Anderson was a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Sydney for 20 years. Now he is Director of the Center for Counter Hegemonic Studies. He researches and writes on development, rights and self-determination in Latin America, the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. He has published many dozens of chapters and articles in a range of academic books and journals. His latest books  are Land and Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea (Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2015), The Dirty War on Syria (Global Research, Montreal, 2016) and AXIS OF RESISTANCE- Towards an Independent Middle East (Clarity Press, 2019).

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