.THE rules of war offer exclusive defense to medical facilities. They shed that security if they are used for "harmful" shows. Israel has long claimed that al-Shifa health center, the biggest in the Gaza Strip, acts as a crucial demand facility for Hamas, the team which got rid of or even took hostage around 1,400 people in Israel on October 7th. In the early hrs of Nov 15th, after a tense six-day stand-off, participants of Shaldag, an elite Israeli air-force task force device, got in one part of the hospital.