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Al-Shifa hospital has become emblematic of Israel’s campaign to wrest control of Gaza from Hamas.

A raid of a hospital that Israel asserts is a base for Hamas is shaping up as a watershed moment in a conflict that has put the Mideast on edge.

A mission to rescue cancer-stricken children from the violence in Gaza has involved multiple countries and last-minute connections in the chaos of war.

Under the proposed agreement, Hamas would release 50 women and children abducted during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks for roughly the same number of Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons.

Although details of the operation remained scarce, Israel’s apparent capture of Al-Shifa Hospital was a significant step that could shape the future of its war with Hamas.

The teenagers in the Greater Jerusalem swim club — some Israeli, some Palestinian — made a point of not focusing on their differences. Then came the Oct. 7 attacks.

Though details of the operation remained scarce, Israel’s raid on Gaza’s largest hospital was a significant step that could shape the future of its war with Hamas.

Israel released two videos from inside Gaza’s main children’s hospital that showed weapons and explosives. Gazan health officials denied the hospital was used for military purposes.

The operation came hours after the U.S. said it had intelligence supporting Israel’s claim that Hamas operates there. Conditions for patients have grown dire as Israel encircled the complex.

The operation at the main hospital complex in Gaza came after Israel released videos showing what it said were weapons inside a children’s hospital in the enclave.