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2024-04-02 00:42:04 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ACF42ED93CB058049620BE9A8B335B51A74DB28DA0E512A80A775C5060D43577
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It is indeed well documented that Hamas utilize Al-Shifa hospital as a primary base of operations - according to international humanitarian law (IHL 28), a hospital forfeits any and all protection once it is used outside of its humanitarian function: https://www.ft.com/content/67d2eb25-600d-4d61-92a2-9d9b25bc2634 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/18/israel-hamas-war-latest-al-shifa-hospital/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/us/politics/gaza-hospital-hamas.html https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/white-house-says-it-has-evidence-hamas-using-al-shifa-hospital-run-military-2023-11-14/ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240329-in-the-israel-hamas-war-an-emblematic-battle-for-al-shifa-hospital https://www.icrc.org/en/document/protection-hospitals-during-armed-conflicts-what-law-says#:~:text=Specific%20protection%20of%20medical%20establishments,act%20harmful%20to%20the%20enemy%22. https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule28
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