the fact that Al-Shifa Hospital is a hospital, and tens of thousands of refugees are sheltering…

opencommunion:

the fact that Al-Shifa Hospital is a hospital, and tens of thousands of refugees are sheltering there, is more than enough reason to be horrified by the occupation’s stated intent to bomb it. but I think it’s also worth mentioning that Al-Shifa is Gaza’s communications hub right now. the hospital has a solar roof, so it’s the only place in Gaza with (limited) electricity, and every journalist goes there to charge their equipment and write/edit/post content (Hind Khoudary talked about this). every photo or video you see from inside Gaza comes from a journalist operating out of Al-Shifa. the occupation knows that when they drop bombs near Al-Shifa, as they have been daily, they have a higher chance of assassinating a journalist