Israel today criticized the German Foreign Ministry, which published a post on social media questioning the Israeli military airstrike on a hospital complex in northern Gaza, DPA reported.
According to Israel, the German statement omitted key facts.
In turn, in a post in “Ex“, the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that the attack was a precision strike on a building used by the Palestinian group “Hamas“ as a command and control center. The strike was not on the hospital.
Yesterday, the German Foreign Ministry and German Foreign Minister Analene Berbock emphasized that the fight against the brutal terror of “Hamas“ must be waged. But international law must also be applied, and there must be a special obligation to protect civilian objects.
In response, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said it expected condemnation of "Hamas" using hospitals, not rhetoric encouraging "Hamas" to continue abusing civilian infrastructure.
According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the German Foreign Ministry failed to mention that Israel had issued a warning before carrying out the strike and that no civilians were killed.
However, the World Health Organization said that the hospital suffered serious damage and one child was killed because it did not receive timely care after people were evacuated from the building.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the evacuation warning was issued by Israeli forces 18 minutes before the strike.