– According to the hospital director who spoke to Al Jazeera a few hours ago, Rantisi Hospital has been under siege for nearly three days. Clashes are still ongoing around the hospital.

– According to reports, Al-Shifa Hospital has also been besieged by the Israeli army. Local reports have said that the Israeli army reached al-Wahda Street. The hospital is thus besieged.

– Approaching al-Quds hospital at noon, the Israeli army surrounded the hospital about two hours ago.

"The fact that Hamas conceals its fighters and commanders beneath Shifa Hospital is a widely known yet unspoken truth in Gaza. Hamas exploits this tactical advantage, banking on the unlikelihood of Israeli forces attacking the hospital. And as IDF ground operations in Gaza continue, more evidence of Hamas's transgressions against its own people will gradually come to light."—Joe Truzman, Research Analyst at FDD's Long War Journal

Hamas has a long history of placing military assets inside and below civilian sites. The terrorist group also fires rockets from these areas, putting Palestinians in harm's way. Footage from the 2014 Gaza war shows Hamas launching rockets from the premises of al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza City, rendering the facility a military target. International law prohibits the use of hospitals for military activity.