.THE LAWS of war give special security to health centers. They drop that security if they are utilized for "unsafe" acts. Israel has actually long asserted that al-Shifa medical center, the most extensive in the Gaza Strip, functions as a key demand center for Hamas, the group which got rid of or took hostage around 1,400 individuals in Israel on Oct 7th. In the early hrs of Nov 15th, after a strained six-day stand-off, participants of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force commando system, got into one part of the medical facility.