Gaza’s hospitals have emerged as a focal point in Israel’s war with Hamas, with each side citing how the other has pulled the facilities into the conflict as proof of the enemy’s disregard for the safety of civilians.
In four months of war, Israeli troops have entered several hospitals, including the Qatari Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital and Al-Rantisi Specialized Hospital for Children, to search for weapons and fighters. But Al-Shifa Hospital has taken on particular significance because it is Gaza’s largest medical facility, and because of Israel’s high-profile claims that Hamas leaders operated a command-and-control center beneath it. Hamas and the hospital’s staff, meanwhile, insisted it was only a medical center.
The condoning of blowing up hospitals for hosting Hames is a very short step away from condoning the attack on the twin towers. Both are heinous and ugly offences irrespective of the “tactical” arguments.
Except hospitals are way further along that line. If you have issue with the system of US capitalist and military hegemony, the twin towers and pentagon are pretty direct targets. Not that that makes them a perfect target, there were obviously lots of collateral deaths, but it’s much less removed than hospitals are from Hamas.