IDF: now carrying out "precise" military operation in Al-Shifa hospital

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Israel Defense Forces says it's "carrying out a precise and targeted operation” against Hamas in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital. The IDF has accused Hamas of "continued military" use of the facility that "jeopardized the hospital’s protected status under international law.” Hamas and hospital officials have rejected Israel’s claims. IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner joins AC360 to give an update on the military operation at the hospital. Plus, demonstrators from around the country came to Washington, D.C.'s "March for Israel" to denounce antisemitism and demand the release of hostages being held by Hamas. Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin's son, Hersh, is believed to be one of those hostages in Gaza. Rachel tells Anderson Cooper that she believes Hersh and the other hostages are being failed by the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360 we have breaking news and what the IDF is saying in an Israeli military
0:06.1	operation underway inside Gaza's main hospital.
0:09.1	It follows a day that saw supporters of Israel fill the mall in Washington including the parents
0:13.7	of one badly wounded American hostage they join us tonight. Also tonight
0:18.3	whether it's a senator witness nearly coming to blows or the former
0:21.5	House speaker allegedly elbowing a fellow Republican
0:24.0	member what is going on in Congress. I'll ask Senator Bernie Sanders who joins me
0:28.5	tonight and you have to prevent a fight today. We begin with the breaking news what Israeli military officials are
0:34.1	calling a quote precise and targeted operation at al-Shifah Hospital in Gaza City. It is
0:39.3	both Gaza's largest hospital and according to Israel a base for Hamas fighters in tunnels
0:44.3	underneath. Just today National Security Council spokesman John Kirby
0:48.2	said that American Intelligence supported this view and I'm quoting him now
0:51.6	Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic
0:53.7	jihad used some hospitals in the Gaza Strip including al-Shifa and tunnels
0:57.8	underneath them to conceal and to support their military operations and to
1:02.1	hold hostages.
1:03.7	He added, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad members operate a command to
1:07.7	control node from al-Shifa in Gaza City.
1:10.9	They've stored weapons there and they are prepared to respond to an Israeli
1:13.8	military operation against that facility. All of this coming as Israel's
1:17.7	defense minister claimed that Hamas has lost control in the northern Gaza Strip.
1:21.3	It also comes with negotiators trying to reach a deal on
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