The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced today, Wednesday, that the Israeli army is refraining from coordinating with international bodies in order to allow its crews to rescue hundreds of wounded people in the vicinity of the Shifa Medical Complex.

In a statement published on his account on the Telegram application, the Civil Defense (Civil Protection) considered this “an extension of the policy of slow execution” of these wounded.

Since dawn last Monday, an Israeli army force has continued to storm the Shifa complex, despite the presence of thousands of sick, wounded, and displaced persons inside it, in parallel with widespread killings, shootings, and arrests carried out among the ranks of the displaced inside the hospital, and the bombing of nearby homes.

The Civil Defense said, “The Israeli refuses to coordinate with international bodies such as the Red Cross in order to allow Civil Defense crews to arrive to rescue hundreds of wounded citizens whose appeals we received in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, west of Gaza City.”

It added that this prevents "reaching these wounded and providing them with assistance."

The Civil Defense considered that the Israeli decision to prevent coordination was “an extension of the policy of slow execution of innocent and wounded citizens who are trapped.”

Earlier Wednesday, the Israeli army announced that it had killed 90 Palestinians and interrogated 300 in Al-Shifa Hospital, while 160 others were arrested and transferred to Israel for investigation.

The army said, in a statement: “Army forces and the General Security Service are engaged in fighting in the Al-Shifa Hospital area.”

It claimed that "Forces belonging to the 13th Marine Commando Unit and the Combat Group of the 401st Brigade under the command of the 162nd Division, over the last 24 hours, eliminated militants and found combat means."

This is the second time that Israeli forces have stormed the complex, since the beginning of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. They stormed it on November 16, after besieging it for a week, then withdrew from it after 8 days, during which its courtyards and parts of the building were destroyed its buildings and medical equipment, in addition to the electricity generator.