The IDF announced that Hamas refused to allow the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza to receive almost 80 gallons of fuel that was delivered to the hospital by the IDF.
This actually happened earlier today. The IDF said they provide the fuel, but there was a problem that prevented the fuel from getting to its destination. They provide audio to bolster their claim that Hamas rejected the fuel:
The IDF provided 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes to the Shifa Hospital, but there was a problem that prevented the fuel from getting to its destination.
Why? Because the CEO of the Hamas Health Ministry, Yosef Abu Rish, forbade it.
Watch for yourselves: pic.twitter.com/yXyKw1OgRu
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 12, 2023
Below is another audio clip that helps us understand why Hamas was able to block this delivery. According to the clip, the IDF delivered to a specific spot and then their forces pulled back. The intersection they delivered the fuel to was about 1.5 miles from the hospital.
This is the reality on the ground in Gaza right now: IDF provided 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes for Al Shifa Hospital and Hamas prevented the hospital from receiving it pic.twitter.com/Q3RNBCVID0
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) November 12, 2023
The IDF provided video of the delivery:
Our troops risked their lives to hand-deliver 300 liters of fuel to the Shifa hospital for urgent medical purposes.
Hamas forbade the hospital from taking it.
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has been warning for weeks that its hospitals are running out of fuel. If so, why… pic.twitter.com/u6XaLvdr8x
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 12, 2023
Our troops risked their lives to hand-deliver 300 liters of fuel to the Shifa hospital for urgent medical purposes.
Hamas forbade the hospital from taking it.
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has been warning for weeks that its hospitals are running out of fuel. If so, why would they prevent the hospital from receiving it?