operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed 200 of them. meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside parliament injerusalem to press their demand for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down. thousands of people rallied in jerusalem for what they re calling the largest anti government protest since the war in the gaza strip began, nearly six months ago. on sunday, mr netanyahu had surgery for a hernia his office reporting it had been successful. let s go live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. can i start with those reports that israeli forces have withdrawn from the gaza strip s biggest hospital, al shifa. what do you know? videos are circulating on social media that show this vast medical complex now as a set of burnt out buildings. many of them heavily damaged, all of the verge of collapse. and the area around it, much of that has been raised, apparently, by israeli air strikes over
the hospital and its surrounds have been left in ruins following the two week operation. buildings have been reduced to rubble and the few remaining are little more than shells. these pictures obtained by news agency reuters show what is left inside the complex. israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed two hundred of them. reuters reports that hundreds of people returned to the area around the hospital after the troop withdrawal. they said they found a sea of rubble. one medic saying that destruction is far and wide in the shifa compound. a spokesman for gaza s civil emergency service told the news agency that bulldozers were used to dig up the grounds of the complex and exhume bodies. meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside parliament injerusalem to press their demand for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down, and seeking a deal to have the hosta
following the two week operation. buildings have been reduced to rubble and the few remaining are little more than shells. these pictures obtained by newsagency reuters show what is left inside the complex. israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed 200 of them. reuters reports that hundreds of people returned to the area around the hospital after the troop withdrawal. they said they found a sea of rubble. one medic saying that destruction is far and wide in the shifa compound. a spokesman for gaza s civil emergency service told the newsagency that bulldozers were used to dig up the grounds of the complex and exhume bodies. meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside parliament injerusalem to press their demand for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down and seeking a deal to have the hostages held in gaza released. thousands of people rallied in jerusa
this was once the beating heart of gaza s health care system, but israel says that it had become a terrorist base. two weeks ago, its troops returned to al shifa hospital for a second time launching a surprise attack. they say they shot dead 200 palestinian gunmen and arrested top hamas figures without harming civilians. palestinians say many innocents were hurt and killed. translation: there are so many bodies here. - we ve been getting them out ever since this morning. it s shocking. we ve never seen anything like it. the fierce fighting entered al shifa s wards and razed homes nearby. israel s military sees this as one of its most successful operations of the war so far, dealing the enemy a major blow. but critics say it s also a worrying sign of the ability of hamas to regroup in areas that israel previously conquered, and it shows the need for a convincing postwar strategy. questions over how this war is being waged are now bringing israelis back onto the streets. afte
the hospital and its surrounds have been left in ruins following the two week operation. buildings are reduced to rubble. the few remaining are little more than shells. these pictures obtained by news agency reuters show what is left inside the complex. israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed 200 of them. reuters reports that hundreds of people returned to the area around the hospital after the troop withdrawal. they said they found a sea of rubble. one medic saying that destruction is far and wide in the shifa compound. a spokesman for gaza s civil emergency service told the news agency that bulldozers were used to dig up the grounds of the complex and exhume bodies. meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside parliament injerusalem to press their demand for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down. thousands of people rallied in jerusalem for what they