The US sent Israel data on the location of humanitarian groups in Gaza - POLITICO
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The White House provided Israel with information about the location of humanitarian and medical groups in Gaza to prevent strikes. Nevertheless, the IDF carried out operations against Hamas near the humanitarian aid sites, which led to the destruction of buildings and the blocking of fuel, among other things.
The Joe Biden's administration and the UN system have been coordinating with Israel in recent weeks on the on the location of humanitarian groups in Gaza, including the Al Shifa hospital. Al-Shifa hospital, to prevent attacks on these facilities, but Israel has been defining an operational zone against Hamas, allegedly regardless of the humanitarian facilities in the vicinity. This is what POLITICO writes, UNN reports.
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Complications for humanitarian aid groups the work of humanitarian aid groups in Gaza due to attacks that led to destruction of buildings and blocking the supply of fuel and essential materials, may be due to may be due to the fact that, despite the transfer of GPS coordinates from the United States to a number of medical organizations, including Al-Shifa Hospital, Israel continued to deploy its operation and identified targets near humanitarian facilities, the American news portal.
It is important to to note that according to POLITICO, there is no clarity - the United States has compiled a list of targets that should not be struck, or the information transmitted was only one-time recommendations.
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The United States is not the only group providing such data to Israel, as the Main Coordination Center for the so-called humanitarian deconfliction is the United Nations. Humanitarian organizations in Gaza say that they rely primarily on the UN system, rely on the UN system and send their coordinates to the United States, as well as directly to the Israeli government, to prevent further civilian casualties civilian casualties during the bombing.
But recently, aid groups recently, aid groups working in hospitals in Gaza working in hospitals in Gaza have said that Israeli operations have made it almost impossible to continue caring for patients.
I have spent my entire adult professional life working primarily on medical aid in conflict zones, and I have never seen anything like this. It's not just attacks on facilities that are supposed to be safe, like hospitals and schools, but also keeping the entire population without food, water or fuel for over a month
The Israeli Defense Forces did not respond to requests for comment. At the same time, U.S. officials in public statements have noted an important detail - aid groups aid groups find it difficult to work in the Gaza Strip because, among other things, Hamas militants themselves use civilians as human shields and tunnel under hospitals, the newspaper writes.
To recap
The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been going on since October 7. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is conducting a military operation in the Gaza Strip. Gaza Strip in response to a large-scale attack by a Palestinian armed group.
Last week, the IDF reported taking control of 11 Hamas military posts since the beginning of the of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
Israel had previously had previously considered a three- to five-day ceasefire in the war, as well as allowing aid to Gaza if Hamas released some of the hostages it holds in the Gaza.
22.11 the Israeli government approved a plan to release at least 50 hostages within four days, after which the military operation in Gaza will resume.
