It's Tuesday, November the 14th, 2023.

Welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Israeli tanks advanced yesterday to the gates of the Gaza City's main hospital.

According to the World Health Organization, Al-Shifah Hospital is no longer functioning after three days without power.

A Gaza health ministry spokesperson said 32 patients had died in the last three days, including three newborn babies as a result.

President Biden stated yesterday that Gaza's hospitals must be protected.

While hospitals are granted special protection under international humanitarian law,

the International Committee of the Red Cross notes that they can lose such protections

if combatants use them to hide fighters

or store weapons. This is just what Israel says Hamas is doing in Gaza. It claims that the terrorist

group operates its command headquarters beneath the Al-Shafaa complex. The Israeli military has

released an illustrated map of the hospital marked with locations

it claims are underground military installations.

A U.S. official with knowledge of American intelligence has confirmed this claim.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also states that Israel offered, quote,

to give them enough fuel to operate the hospital, operate

the incubators, and so on, because we have no battle with the patients or civilians at all, end

quote. But Hamas refused the offer. Palestinian medical workers, by contrast, accuse Israel

of mounting an all-out attack on infrastructure in Gaza to punish the population and force a surrender.

Accordingly, three Palestinian human rights groups have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel,

accusing it of perpetrating genocide in its war in Gaza.

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