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EU condemns Hamas for using hospitals as human shields/ urges Israeli restraint

2023-11-12 22:38:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

EU condemns Hamas for using hospitals as human shields/ urges Israeli restraint

The European Union on Sunday condemned Hamas for using "hospitals and civilians as human shields" in Gaza, while also urging Israel to show "maximum restraint" to protect civilians, Reuters reports.

Hospitals in the north of the Palestinian enclave are besieged by Israeli forces and are barely able to care for those inside, according to medical staff. Gaza's largest and second largest hospitals, Al Shifa and Al-Quds, said they were suspending operations.

Israel says Hamas has set up command centers under and near hospitals and must be approached to free about 200 hostages the militants took in Israel in an attack just over a month ago. Hamas has denied using hospitals in this way.

"The EU condemns the use of hospitals and civilians as human shields by Hamas," European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement issued on behalf of the 27-nation bloc. 

At the same time, he urged Israel to exercise maximum restraint, emphasizing the obligation under international humanitarian law to protect hospitals, medical supplies and civilians inside hospitals./ CNA





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