Al-Quds learned that US President Joe Biden gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the green light, yesterday, Tuesday, to storm Al-Shifa Hospital after Netanyahu gave Biden a presentation about the necessity and importance of this mission for the Israeli operation.

An informed source, who requested to remain anonymous, told Al-Quds.com’s correspondent in Washington, “President Biden was deeply concerned about the deteriorating conditions in Gaza’s hospitals, and most of them being out of service due to running out of fuel and the scarcity of initial needs to provide any treatment, no matter how simple.” "Especially for infants and premature infants."

The US President also warned Netanyahu of “the impact of the tragedy of the collapse of health care in Gaza on the reputation of Israel and the reputation of the United States (which has so far provided it with open support), among American and international public opinion, and even among officials in the (US) administration, but Netanyahu acknowledged the embarrassment of the situation and the impact of the tragedy on global public opinion, and stressed to Biden the importance of storming the hospital as part of the Israeli plan to achieve its goals of eliminating the Hamas movement and freeing the hostages, according to the source.

It is noteworthy that the official spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, insisted in his answers to the Al-Quds correspondent’s questions that the United States strongly believes that the Hamas movement is using Al-Shifa Hospital and other hospitals “as places of command, management and control, and that Hamas must withdraw from these hospitals.” ".

On Tuesday/Wednesday night, the Israeli occupation army announced the start of a military operation in a “certain part” of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, west of Gaza City.

The occupation army's announcement comes after the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the army officially informed the administration of the medical complex that it would storm it tonight.

A spokesman for the occupation army said in a statement on the “X” platform: “At this hour, the IDF forces are working against the Hamas organization in a specific part of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, as this operation is based on intelligence information and an operational need,” without further details.

The spokesman claimed, "The operation was preceded by efforts to evacuate the hospital of patients and displaced people, which also included opening a special transportation corridor from inside it."

It is noteworthy that what was attributed to the content of the conversation between Biden and Netanyahu contradicts what the White House said, on Wednesday, that it does not support bombing hospitals from the air and does not want to see an exchange of fire there after the Israeli army said that it was carrying out an operation against Hamas in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

A spokesman for the White House National Security Council, who requested anonymity, told Reuters: “We do not support striking a hospital from the air, and we do not want to see a gun battle in a hospital, with innocent people, helpless people, and sick people trying to get the medical care they deserve caught in the crossfire.” He continued, "Hospitals and patients must be protected."

The Hamas movement said in a statement on Wednesday that it holds Israel, US President Joe Biden, and his administration fully responsible for the repercussions of the occupation army’s storming of the Shifa Medical Complex.

It stated that what the United States said on Tuesday, that intelligence information supported the conclusion reached by Israel that the movement was carrying out operations in Al-Shifa Hospital, was the green light for the storming.

It said, "The White House and the Pentagon's adoption of the occupation's false narrative, alleging that the resistance is using the Shifa Medical Complex for military purposes, was a green light for the occupation to commit more massacres against civilians."

According to the source, the US President told Netanyahu that “the United States cannot agree to an open Israeli operation in Gaza, and therefore Israel must complete its tasks within two weeks or so.”