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Israeli army withdraws from major Gaza hospital, leaving behind a wasteland

By Patrick Kingsley
New York Times·
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Israeli army withdraws from major Gaza hospital, leaving behind a wasteland
Israeli army withdraws from major Gaza hospital, leaving behind a wasteland

Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, once the fulcrum of the Gaza Strip’s health system and now an emblem of its destruction, stood in ruins Sunday, as if a tsunami had surged through it followed by a tornado.

The emergency department was a tidy, off-white building until Israeli troops

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