In all instances where the Israeli military has attacked hospitals, apart from Al Awda Hospital in Northern Gaza and Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah in Middle Gaza, Israel has alleged that the hospitals were being used by Palestinian armed groups.[32] In its comments on this report, the Government of Israel makes these arguments specifically in reference to Rantisi, Sheikh Hamad, Al Quds, Indonesia and Nasser hospitals. [33] However, insufficient information has so far been made publicly available to substantiate these allegations, which have remained vague and broad, and in some cases appear contradicted by publicly available information.[34]
Cayley said the ICC faced “great difficulty assessing” the level of Hamas militant presence in hospitals “because clearly there are lies being spoken, but that is really something we do need to get to the bottom of as a prosecution office”.He added: “I think that has been grossly exaggerated, but we need to be able to demonstrate very clearly what the level of military presence was, if at all, in these hospitals because I think we’ve been misled about that in the press.”
Cayley indicated that Israeli operations against Gaza’s healthcare facilities would be examined. “Looking at damage to health facilities, destruction of health facilities, we will be coming on to that probably later next year. We’re having to do this in stages simply because of the resources that we have,” he added.
Cayley says that he thinks Israel is exaggerating its claims, he does not bring one iota of evidence that anything they say is wrong. It's just a gut feeling.
The IDF published pictures of some weapons reportedly found at Al Shifa Medical Complex, although these appeared to be mainly a small number of small weapons and therefore not necessarily of a nature to conclude that hostilities had been launched or directed from the hospital.
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