The president of United States, Joe Bidenhas demanded protection for the hospitals of the Gaza Strip in the midst of the Israeli offensive and has expressed his desire for Israel to act in a “less intrusive” manner.

In addition, he noted that he has made it clear to his Israeli partners that they expect there to be “efforts” to advance “humanitarian pauses” in order to deal with the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

This is how the American president spoke when asked about the latest Israeli attacks on the hospital of Al Shifa, besieged by its tanks. “I have the hope and expectation that there will be fewer intrusive actions in relation to the Al Shifa Hospital,” Biden assured in statements to the press from the Oval Office.

Shortly after these statements, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan downplayed Israel’s role in the attacks and the siege of Gazan hospitals. In another press conference, he assured that the Israeli Government has confirmed to the United States that it is prepared to supply fuel to hospitals so that they can continue functioning.

The American position, as he stressed, is clear: “The Hospitals should be protected and able to function so that medical care can be offered to patients,” and sick people must be able to be safely evacuated from one hospital to another if necessary. “The Israeli government has told us today that there will be other rounds of evacuation.” Sullivan stressed.

Sullivan also welcomed the arguments that Israel uses to talk about the complexity of the situation: “You are dealing with a terrorist organization that takes civilians hostage, including children, that uses civilians as human shields and that uses civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals. , in the most cynical way possible. Israel has to face that inadvertently launching attacks against hospitals that could put innocent people in the crossfire.

Israel says Al Shifa is a legitimate target

Al Shifa is the main medical center in Gaza City, and according to Israel it is located above tunnels that house a “headquarters” of Hamas fighters, something that the Islamic Resistance Movement denies.

Thus, Israel has intensified its offensive under the premise that the Al Shifa hospital It’s a legitimate goal. for being in the vicinity of the enclave controlled by Hamas, according to ‘Reuters’.

Added to the attacks are the electricity cuts and the precarious conditions that, in the Al Shifa hospital itself, have caused the death of 32 patients and three premature babies in the last days.

Only one of the hospitals in the north is still operating

But this is not the only hospital that has received “incessant bombings” and attacks from the Israeli Army for days. In fact, the UN denounced this Tuesday that all hospitals in the northern Gaza Stripexcept for the Al Ahli hospital, they have stopped working.

“All hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza are out of service due to the lack of electricity, medical supplies, oxygen, food and waterin addition to the bombings and clashes in the surrounding area,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned in its daily report.