IDF concludes, withdraws from Gaza’s Shifa Hospital after ‘successful’ two-week operation

The IDF has begun withdrawing from al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza after two weeks of operating at the site, the IDF and Arab media sources reported on Monday morning. The Gaza-based Palestinian news organization also claimed that the hospital had sustained widespread burning and destruction and had consequently been rendered totally out of service. A week into the operation at Shifa, IDF spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari reported that Hamas had fired mortars at the hospital complex. In an update posted on its Telegram channel, Hamas corroborated the statement shortly thereafter. On Saturday, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi called the IDF operation in Shifa "successful" and "a very significant achievement," adding that the military had managed "to kill and capture many, many terrorists." Over the course of the two-week operation, the IDF killed approximately 200 terrorists and arrested more than 800 terror suspects, over 500 of whom the IDF has confirmed as members of either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Additionally, IDF Commando troops operating in the Al-Amal area of Khan Yunis engaged and killed terrorists in close-quarters combat. They also apprehended terrorists and located weapons and explosives during searches of the area.