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

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IDF confirms killing of Hamas senior official at Gaza's Shifa Hospital

The IDF has intensified operations within Shifa Hospital in recent weeks, where they killed numerous terrorists, including a Hamas official.

 Hamas official Ra'ad Tabath.

Emergency room encounter: Hamas terrorists open fire from with Al-Shifa Hospital

Amid the firefights, IDF troops evacuated civilians, patients, and medical teams to alternative medical facilities that the IDF set up in the area to enable proper medical treatment to continue.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, March 28, 2024.

Surprise! Hamas has thousands more fighters than Israel initially thought - analysis

At least around 26,000 Hamas members have been put out of action by Israel to date when adding together killed, wounded, and arrested totals.

 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

IDF 'surgically removes' Hamas terrorists from Shifa Hospital and surrounding areas

IDF aircraft eliminates terror targets around the Gaza Strip • Soldiers discover weapons and munitions in Al-Shifa Hospital.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, March 27, 2024.

IDF confirms senior Hamas member Marwan Issa was killed in strike

The IDF also eliminated Ghazi Abu Tama’ah, a senior member of Hamas’s military council.

 An IDF infographic about Marwan Issa, deputy head of Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades.

IDF Unit 504 unveils terrorist confessions of Shifa Hospital's role as a Gaza terror base

Islamic Jihad terrorists claimed to have been stationed at the hospital for months.

 Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at Al Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, March 21, 2024.

IAF targets area from where rockets were launched into Sderot, troops kill terrorists in Gaza

Jets carried out aerial attacks on the area from which rockets were launched into Sderot.  

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. March 26, 2024.

Hamas official: Impact of IDF's Shifa operation 'cannot be underestimated' - report

An anonymous Hamas source told Arab media that the IDF's operational capabilities, which include its recent killings and arrests of Hamas terrorists, should not be underestimated.

 Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at Al Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, March 21, 2024.

How did the IDF let 500 Hamas terrorists return to Shifa Hospital? - analysis

Hamas has largely expected a ceasefire and withdrawal of IDF soldiers to allow its members to return to pockets across northern and central Gaza, including Shifa hospital.

 Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants participate in an anti-Israel military parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City, October 4, 2023.

IDF's operation in Shifa Hospital one of largest since war began - report

Since the start of the activities in Shifa, over 170 terrorists have been killed, and around 500 terrorists associated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been arrested.

 Israel's military patrols near Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023.