Numerous bodies have been discovered, according to Gaza’s health ministry run by Hamas, and residents have reported that surrounding areas have been completely destroyed.
200 “terrorists” had been slain, more than 500 were being held, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed to have discovered weapons and intelligence “throughout the hospital.”.
According to the IDF, it raided al-Shifa because that’s where Hamas had moved to regroup.
During the two-week operation, Israeli airstrikes on neighboring buildings and the surrounding area were accompanied by intense fighting.
After Israel withdrew, images surfaced of Palestinians carrying bodies covered in blankets and strolling close to the main buildings that had been set on fire. Parts of the wall were missing.
A spokesman for Gaza’s Hamas-run civil emergency service told Reuters that Israeli forces had used bulldozers to dig up the complex’s grounds and exhume buried bodies. Palestinians claim that many bodies were discovered after Israeli forces left.
According to the Hamas government media office, 400 Palestinians, including a female doctor and her physician son, had been killed by Israeli forces in al-Shifa and the surrounding area.
A small number of beds are seen being set up by the troops in the video, which claims that they established temporary medical facilities at al-Shifa.
He claimed there was “no treatment, no medication, nothing, and bombing for 24 hours that didn’t stop and immense destruction in the hospital.”.
According to a medic at al-Shifa who spoke to Reuters, some of the patients were being transferred to al-Ahli hospital, which is located roughly 3 km (1 point 8 miles) northwest.
The Israeli army has been storming Gaza’s hospitals because they believe Hamas fighters are present there, while thousands of Palestinians have sought sanctuary from Israeli bombardment on their grounds. The hospitals have been a major focus of the current conflict.
Two weeks prior, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip was approached and entered by hundreds of Israeli soldiers in a matter of hours.
EPA The second raid on al-Shifa may have exposed weaknesses in Israel’s wartime military plan, but substantial portions of the neighborhood around the settlement have been leveled.
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In addition to upholding Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, the Florida Supreme Court decided on Monday that a state constitutional amendment that would restrict government involvement in abortion procedures statewide satisfies the requirements to be on ballots this November.
The six-week “heartbeat” ban, signed by Governor, is made possible by the court’s decision to uphold the 15-week abortion ban. Effective in 30 days, Ron DeSantis was elected in April of last year. Due to its more lenient 15-week abortion ban than the six-week ban in Georgia, a neighboring state, Florida was thought to be a safe haven for abortions until Monday’s decision.
Citing Florida’s extensive privacy protections, Planned Parenthood attempted to challenge the law, claiming that these protections encompassed the right to an abortion. It presented its case to the U.S. s. In the Dobbs v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court invalidated the federal right to abortion. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. past year. Though it had “held that the Privacy Clause guaranteed the right to receive an abortion through the end of the second trimester” in earlier decisions, the state supreme court pointed out that given the U.S. s. In addition to rejecting this argument, the Florida Supreme Court stated that “there is no basis under the Privacy Clause to invalidate the statute,” referring to the 15-week prohibition.
The state supreme court declared, “Planned Parenthood cannot overcome the presumption of constitutionality and is unable to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the 15-week ban is unconstitutional, based on our analysis finding no clear right to abortion embodied within the Privacy Clause.”.
The rulings were handed down by the court in two opinions that were not scheduled for release on Thursdays.
Amendment No. 4.
The proposed ballot measure to allow abortion is in compliance with Florida statutes, according to the state supreme court, which also determined that “there is no basis for concluding that the proposed amendment is facially invalid under the United States Constitution.”. ****.
In its per curiam opinion, the court stated, “Accordingly, we approve the proposed amendment for placement on the ballot.”.
Floridians Protecting Freedoms, a statewide campaign that contends, according to its website, “that all Floridians deserve the freedom to make personal medical decisions, including about abortion, free of government intrusion,” is the one that introduced the pro-abortion rights ballot initiative.
The proposal, known as Amendment 4, will be on ballots this fall. It permits abortions prior to viability but keeps the requirement that parents be informed when a minor has an abortion.
The proposed ballot measure states that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”. The constitutional right of the Legislature to mandate parental or guardian notification prior to a minor’s abortion is unaffected by this amendment. “.”.
In November, if Amendment 4 passes with the necessary 60 percent of the vote, it will take the place of the upcoming six-week ban.
Ashley Moody, the attorney general for Florida, had opposed the amendment, citing problems with the word “viability” in the ballot initiative. Moody stated, “There is no single formally recognized clinical definition of ‘viability,'” in a brief submitted to the court in November. “.”.
Voters understand what “viability” means in the context of an abortion, according to attorneys for Floridians Protecting Freedoms. It is not ambiguous.
