Shifa Hospital

High Court weighs petition over Hamas-linked Gazan doctors in Israeli custody

Israel’s detention of Gazan medical officials, including Abu Safiya, has become a legal and security challenge as pressure grows to either charge or release detainees.

Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem, June 10, 2026.
Israeli soldiers walk by the entrance to the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, where they found a tunnel underneath it, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas, June 8, 2025.

The costs of Israel's mishandling of Hamas-linked Gaza hospital chiefs - analysis

A truck carries aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025.

IDF suggests limiting humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza as part of deal's Phase II

St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili

IDF recovers remains of final hostage Ran Gvili after covert operations in northern Gaza


IDF denies accusations it missed opportunities to rescue hostages from Shifa Hospital

The IDF clarified that claims about Chief of Staff Halevi preventing a Shifa Hospital hostage rescue mission are false, citing lack of intelligence and operational feasibility.

 Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi

Hamas denies patients treatment, Gazans don't support them, foreign volunteer doctor reveals

Dr. Baxtiyar Baram, who volunteered in northern Gaza says only 10% of people back Hamas, but the group continues to have control.

 A views shows a room in the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 2, 2024.

IDF kills dozens of Hamas terrorists in largest Gaza battle in two months

Multiple defense sources have assured the Jerusalem Post that Tuesday’s fights are an indication of a more significant volume of Hamas terrorists reconstituting themselves in Jabalya.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip.

IDF expands operations in Gaza, calls for civilian evacuation

The IDF said that 100,000-150,000 Palestinian civilians would need to be evacuated from Jabalia for a large renewed operation there.

 IDF in Gaza on May 11, 2024

Parents of kidnapped IDF soldier claim daughter was killed by Shifa Hospital doctor

The parents claimed that a doctor at al-Shifa Hospital killed Noa Marciano, rather than treat her for wounds sustained during an IAF bombing.

IDF soldier Noa Marciano who was killed while being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

Prominent Gaza doctor dies in Israeli prison

The associations said in a joint statement that Adnan Al-Bursh, head of orthopedics at Al Shifa Hospital, death was an "assassination" and said his body remained in Israeli custody.

 GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

Gaza hospital staff questioned by ICC war crimes prosecutors, sources say

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday any ICC move would not affect Israel's actions but would "set a dangerous precedent that threatens soldiers and public figures."

 A views shows a room in the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 2, 2024.

Ben-Gvir reportedly slammed for questioning why surrendering Hamas men were arrested, not killed

Other Israeli officials criticized Itamar Ben-Gvir for his proposal to execute those who surrendered.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in Gaza's Khan Yunis April 3, 2024

Halevi in Khan Yunis: Hamas hostage deal will only come from IDF pressure

Halevi's statements come following the IDF's withdrawal from Al-Shifa Hospital where it completed one of the largest operations since the beginning of the war.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in Gaza's Khan Yunis April 3, 2024

IDF withdraws from Shifa; Shayetet 13’s takeover story; Continued attacks in north, Eilat

The IDF believes that despite the terrorists’ return to Shifa after the first IDF takeover in November, that this recent operation was the most single damaging operation to Hamas of the war.

 Israeli soldiers operate near Shifa Hospital, in Gaza, March 29, 2024