The Take: The Hamas tunnels and al-Shifa Hospital

What’s behind the raid of Gaza’s largest hospital by Israeli forces?

Israeli soldiers inspect the al-Shifa Hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, November 15, 2023
Israeli soldiers inspect the al-Shifa Hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, November 15, 2023 [Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Reuters]

While hundreds of sick and wounded Palestinians are actively seeking shelter at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Israeli forces have launched a full-scale military raid. We ask what, if anything, is under the hospital, and as global outcry for a ceasefire grows louder, what will it take for the fighting to end?

In this episode: 

  • Zoran Kusovac (@zkusovac), Military Analyst

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, Zaina Badr and Amy Walters with our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Fahrinisa Campana fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera